Chapter
13: Lord Brahmā Steals the
Boys and Calves
(8) In a wide
circle happily facing inward,
the boys of Vraja grouped in rows around Krishna.
Thus sitting down in the forest they looked as beautiful as
the petals and leaves that make up the whorl of
a lotus flower.
(15) He who was born from the lotus
and who resides in the beyond [Lord Brahmā], was very charmed by the way the
Lord had enchanted the boys. Just to see more of
it he led the boys and their calves away to hide
them elsewhere, oh man of the Kuru bond. This
authority from heaven who before had witnessed
the deliverance of Aghāsura, had become very
astonished about the Almighty Personality [see footnote*].
(62) When he saw
that, he quickly came down from his carrier [the
swan] and fell with his body flat to the ground
like a golden rod. Therewith he with the
tips of his four crowns touched His feet and
bowing down performed a bathing
ceremony with the pure water of his tears of
joy.
Chapter
14: Brahmā's
Prayers
to Lord Krishna
(18) Did You not just
today show me how this creation, Your
lawfulness, is based on Your bewildering
potency? First You were there all alone and then
You became all of Vraja's boys and calves. Next
You even became a same number of four-handed
forms, who were served by all [the powers] including me,
and then You became an equal number of universes
[10.13: 53]. Then You
again became the One Infinite Absolute Truth
without a second...
(40) S'rī Krishna, oh
bestower of pleasure of the lotus of
the Vrishni dynasty, You
are the cause of the development of the seas of
demigods, brahmins and animals of this earth. When
there are unsound doctrines You dispel the
darkness. You are the
opponent of the ogres on
earth. For as long as the sun shines, till the end
of time, I, oh worshipable Supreme Lord, will offer
You my obeisances.'
Chapter
15: The
Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon
and Poison in the River
(2) Mādhava
['the Sweet Lord'], eager to play, surrounded
by the gopas who
were chanting His fame, sounding
His flute and keeping the animals together with
Balarāma in front of Him, entered
the forest that had many
flowers and a lot of nourishment for the cows.
(32) [But] He seized
him by the hooves, whirled him around with one
hand and
threw him, [being dashed against a palmyra] with his life spun out of him,
in the top of a palm tree.
Chapter
16: Krishna
Chastises the Serpent Kāliya
(9) And while He, so
attractive in His yellow garments and as
delicate as a glowing white cloud, with the
S'rīvatsa, His smiling beautiful face and with
His feet, which resembled the inside of a lotus,
thus
fearlessly was playing, He was angrily bitten in the chest by him and enveloped in his
coils.
(33) The
wives of the serpent said: 'The punishment for
this person who acted against the rules is
deserved. With an equal vision
towards sons and foes, You descended
in this world to subdue the wicked ones and
punish for the sake of a positive result.
(54) S'rī S'uka said: 'He,
the Supreme Lord, thus extensively praised by
the wives of the stupefied snake,
thereupon released him whose heads were
defeated by His trampling feet.
Chapter
17: The
History of Kāliya and
His Swallowing a Forest Fire
(25) The
Lord of the Universe, the Unlimited One who
possesses endless potencies,
seeing His people that desperate, thereupon
swallowed that terrible fire.'
Chapter
18: Lord
Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba
(23) After
Rāma's party consisting of S'rīdāmā, Vrishabha
and others had won the contest, each of them was
carried by Krishna and the members of His party
oh King. (24) Because Krishna, the Supreme Lord, was defeated He carried S'rīdāmā, Bhadrasena carried Vrishabha and Pralamba [the
Asura] carried
the son of
Rohinī [Balarāma].