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I have never before spoken a lie, and these boys know it. Therefore, O slender-waisted girls, please come forward, either one by one or all together, and pick out your clothes.
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- In that Tālavana forest many fruits are falling from the trees, and many are already lying on the ground. But all the fruits are being guarded by the evil Dhenuka.
- In the Tāla forest are sweet-smelling fruits no one has ever tasted. Indeed, even now we can smell the fragrance of the tāla fruits spreading all about.
- Hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the ass demon Dhenuka ran forward to attack, making the earth and trees tremble.
- The other ass demons, close friends of Dhenukāsura, were enraged upon seeing his death, and thus they all immediately ran to attack Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
- Hearing of this magnificent feat of the two brothers, the demigods and other elevated living beings rained down flowers and offered music and prayers in glorification.
- Regaining their full consciousness, the cows and boys stood up out of the water and began to look at one another in great astonishment.
- Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya
- Now please tell us, Your maidservants, what we should do. Certainly anyone who faithfully executes Your order is automatically freed from all fear.
- If Garuḍa ever again enters this lake and eats the fish here, he will immediately lose his life. What I am saying is the truth.
- O Lord, we are Your true friends and devotees. Please protect us from this insurmountable fire of death. We can never give up Your lotus feet, which drive away all fear.
- Lord Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba
- They would sometimes jump around like frogs, sometimes play various jokes, sometimes ride in swings and sometimes imitate monarchs.
- The boys played various games involving carriers and passengers. In these games the winners would climb up on the backs of the losers, who would have to carry them.
- The sinful Pralamba having been killed, the demigods felt extremely happy, and they showered flower garlands upon Lord Balarāma and praised the excellence of His deed.
- The young gopīs took the greatest pleasure in seeing Govinda come home, since for them even a moment without His association seemed like a hundred ages.
- The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana
- Then the rainy season began, giving life and sustenance to all living beings. The sky began to rumble with thunder, and lightning flashed on the horizon.
- Flashing with lightning, great clouds were shaken and swept about by fierce winds. Just like merciful persons, the clouds gave their lives for the pleasure of this world.
- The Lord saw the joyful aborigine girls of the forest, the trees dripping sweet sap, and the mountain waterfalls, whose resounding indicated that there were caves nearby.
- When it rained, the Lord would sometimes enter a cave or the hollow of a tree to play and to eat roots and fruits.
- While Lord Rāma and Lord Keśava were thus dwelling in Vṛndāvana, the fall season arrived, when the sky is cloudless, the water clear and the wind gentle.
- The Gopīs Glorify the Song of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute (veṇu-gīta)
- Kṛṣṇa Steals the Garments of the Unmarried Gopīs
- One day they came to the riverbank and, putting aside their clothing as they had done before, happily played in the water while singing the glories of Kṛṣṇa.
- Taking the girls’ garments, He quickly climbed to the top of a kadamba tree. Then, as He laughed loudly and His companions also laughed, He addressed the girls jokingly.
- I have never before spoken a lie, and these boys know it. Therefore, O slender-waisted girls, please come forward, either one by one or all together, and pick out your clothes.
- Then, shivering from the painful cold, all the young girls rose up out of the water, covering their pubic area with their hands.
- Then the sun’s heat became intense, Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that the trees were acting as umbrellas by shading Him, and thus He spoke as follows to His boyfriends.
- These trees fulfill one’s desires with their leaves, flowers and fruits, their shade, roots, bark and wood, and also with their fragrance, sap, ashes, pulp and shoots.
- It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.
- He has come a long way with the cowherd boys and Lord Balarāma, tending the cows. Now He is hungry, so some food should be given for Him and His companions.
- Taking along in large vessels the four kinds of foods, full of fine tastes and aromas, all the ladies went forth to meet their beloved, just as rivers flow toward the sea.
- Certainly expert personalities, who can see their own true interest, render unmotivated and uninterrupted devotional service directly unto Me, for I am most dear to the soul.
- Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, fed the cowherd boys with that food of four varieties. Then the all-powerful Lord Himself partook of the preparations.
- One who is neutral may be avoided like an enemy, but a friend should be considered like one’s own self.
- Such being the case, this ritualistic endeavor of yours should be clearly explained to Me. Is it a ceremony based on scriptural injunction, or simply a custom of ordinary society?
- This religious principle is based on sound tradition. Anyone who rejects it out of lust, enmity, fear or greed will certainly fail to achieve good fortune.
- My dear father, our home is not in the cities or towns or villages. Being forest dwellers, we always live in the forest and on the hills.
- Kṛṣṇa then assumed an unprecedented, huge form to instill faith in the cowherd men. Declaring “I am Govardhana Mountain!” He ate the abundant offerings.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill
- Angry Indra sent forth the clouds of universal destruction, known as Sāṁvartaka. Imagining himself the supreme controller, he spoke as follows.
- I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.
- Propelled by the fearsome wind-gods, the clouds blazed with lightning bolts and roared with thunder as they hurled down hailstones.
- The cows and other animals, shivering from the excessive rain and wind, and the cowherd men and ladies, pained by the cold, all approached Lord Govinda for shelter.
- The Lord then addressed the cowherd community: O Mother, O Father, O residents of Vraja, if you wish you may now come under this hill with your cows.
- You should have no fear that this mountain will fall from My hand. And don’t be afraid of the wind and rain, for your deliverance from these afflictions has already been arranged.
- While all living creatures looked on, the Supreme Personality of Godhead put down the hill in its original place, just as it had stood before.
- My dear Parīkṣit, the demigods in heaven resoundingly played their conchshells and kettledrums, and the best of the Gandharvas, led by Tumburu, began to sing.
- The cowherd men said:] Since this boy performs such extra-ordinary activities, how could He warrant a birth among worldly men like us—a birth that for Him would seem contemptible?
- How could this seven-year-old boy playfully hold up the great hill Govardhana with one hand, just as a mighty elephant holds up a lotus flower?
COMMENTARY
The small boys laughed for no reason. By laughing loudly (prahasan) Kṛṣṇa called attention to Himself and then joked with the vraja-kumārīs.
Kṛṣṇa said, “O young girls of Vraja! Do you know who has put all these clothes on the branch of the kadamba tree? While herding the cows I saw them from far away and thought, ‘Today the kadamba tree is very attractive with colorful flowers and fruits.’ To see this astonishing spectacle I came running here and climbed this tree.”
The young girls replied, “They are our clothes.”
Kṛṣṇa: “That cannot be. If they were yours, how did they get on this branch high in the tree?”
Gopīs: “You have stolen them and put them there.”
Kṛṣṇa: “Are you blaming Me? I am the son of King Nanda. Am I a thief? If you doubt Me, then just go to Mathurā and complain to King Kaṁsa.”
Gopīs: “Don’t get angry. Just look closely at the clothing and see if they are women’s or men’s clothing.”
Kṛṣṇa: “According to My understanding, they must be women’s clothing because they are so colorful. But so what? You are not the only women in this universe. Could these not be the clothes of some other women?”
Gopīs: “That’s true, but who else besides us can come to this secluded forest?”
Kṛṣṇa: “O girls who like to wander in lonely places! Are you the only women that wander in lonely places and play privately?”
Gopīs: “O fool, we did not come here to play. We came to worship Durgā, the deity of this kadamba tree.”
Kṛṣṇa: “Are you the only young women worshipping Durgā? Are there no others?”
Gopīs: “There are no others!”
Kṛṣṇa: “O foolish ones! Every night the demigoddesses come here on celestial vehicles to worship of Durgā.”
Gopīs: “Even if they did perform worship here, why would they leave their clothing here and go away?”
Kṛṣṇa: “Oh young girls, you do not know anything. Tonight they will come again and perform worship. After bathing they will don these clothes. That is why they left them here.”
Gopīs: “You do not know the truth. Today we will perform worship. The deity of the forest has placed those clothes high up in the tree for us to wear after bathing.”
|| 10.22.10 ||
atrāgatyābalāḥ kāmaṁ svaṁ svaṁ vāsaḥ pragṛhyatām
satyaṁ bravāṇi no narma yad yūyaṁ vrata-karśitāḥ
TRANSLATION
[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] My dear girls, you may each come here as you wish and take back your garments. I’m telling you the truth and am not joking with you, since I see you’re fatigued from executing austere vows.
COMMENTARY
This verse illustrates how Kṛṣṇa joked with the girls. Kṛṣṇa said, “If these clothes are really yours, then come here if you like and identify them. You can take them after paying Me one small necklace each in order to satisfy Me after you have insulted Me. Each one of you should come individually, not all at once or two or three together, because out of greed for the cloth one woman will take more than one cloth.”
Gopīs: “We cannot go there.”
Kṛṣṇa: (Laughing) “O girls (abalā, weak ones)! You have become weak due to your intense austerities and therefore cannot come here.” Another implication of the word abalā is, “If you don’t do this, I will not give the clothing because I am strong (bala). What can you weak women do?”
Gopīs: “We do not trust Your crafty words.”
Kṛṣṇa: “I am telling you the truth (satyaṁ).” Or Kṛṣṇa said, “I am making a vow to you.” According to the Amara-kośa dictionary the word satyam can mean truth or vow.
Kṛṣṇa: “I am not joking (no narma). I see that you are exhausted from the difficulties of your vows (vrata-karśitā). Because of your austerities, I am upholding the principles of religion by showing mercy and devotion to you.”
|| 10.22.11 ||
na mayodita-pūrvaṁ vā anṛtaṁ tad ime viduḥ
ekaikaśaḥ pratīcchadhvaṁ sahaiveti su-madhyamāḥ
TRANSLATION
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