Chapter 13: Lord
Brahmâ Steals the Boys and
Calves
(8) In a wide circle facing
inward with a happy face grouped the boys of Vraja around Krishna
sitting down in the forest as beautiful as the petals and leaves of the
whorl of a lotus flower.
(15) He born from the lotus [Brahmâ]
residing
in the beyond was very charmed by the way the Lord enchanted the boys
and just to see more of it He took the boys and their calves to hide
them elsewhere o man of the Kuru bond. This authority from heaven who
before had witnessed the deliverance of Aghâsura had become very
astonished about the All-potent Personality [see footnote*].
(62) Seeing this he quickly came down from his
carrier and fell with his
body to the ground like a golden rod with the tips of his four crowns
touching His two feet and performed as he bowed a bathing ceremony with
the pure water of his tears of joy.
Chapter 14: Brahmâ's
Prayers to Lord Krishna
(18) Have You not just
today shown me how, except for Yourself, all of this is based upon
Your bewildering potency? First You were there all alone and then You
became all of Vraja's boys and calves. You next even became a same
number of fourhanded ones that together with me are served by all and
then You became an equal number of universes [10.13: 53]
and
now You remain the One Infinite Absolute Truth without a second...
(40) S'rî Krishna, the lotus of the
Vrishni-dynasty!
You lend the happiness;You are of the seas
of the earth, the demigods, the
brahmins and the animals the cause of their development; when
there is a lack of righteousness 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 , o worshipable Lord Supreme, offer You my
obeisances.'
Chapter 15: The Killing of
Dhenuka, the Ass Demon
and Poison in
the River
(2) Surrounded by the gopas
who were chanting His fame Mâdhava ['the Sweet Lord']
sounding His flute, with the help of Balarâma keeping the animals
in front, eager to play entered the forest rich with flowers and
nourishment for the cows.
(32) He seized him by the
hooves, whirled him around with one hand and threw him,
with the life
slung out of him, on top of a palm tree.
Chapter 16: Krishna Chastises the
Serpent Kâliya
(9) He playing unafraid of
anyone, so attractive in yellow
garments and most delicate like a
glowing white cloud, with the s'rivatsa, His smiling beautiful face and
with feet like the inside of a lotus, was by him angerily bitten in
the chest and enveloped in his coils.
(33) The wives of the serpent
said: 'Factually
the punishment of this person who acted offensively is fair; You descended in this world to subdue, with
an equal vision to
sons and foes, the wicked and administer punishment for the purpose of
a positive result.
Chapter 17: The History of
Kâliya and
His Swallowing a
Forest Fire
(25) This way seeing the
desperation of His people, the Lord of the Universe,
The
Unlimited One who possesses endless potencies, swallowed that terrible fire.
Chapter 18: Lord Balarâma
Slays the Demon Pralamba
(23) When Râma's party
with S'rîdâmâ, Vrishabha and others had won the
contest
each of them
would be carried by
Krishna and the members of His party o King.
