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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
however, became angry because He was hungry and His mother was not paying attention to Him. So He lifted His legs and began to kick His lotus feet just like an ordinary child. Baby Krṣṇa had been placed underneath a hand-driven cart, and while He was kicking His legs, He accidentally touched the wheel of the cart, and it collapsed. Various kinds of utensils and brass and metal dishes had been piled up in the hand cart, and they all fell down with a great noise. The wheel of the cart separated from the axle, and the spokes of the wheel were all broken and scattered hither and thither. Mother Yaśodā and all the  gopīs , as well as Mahārāja Nanda and the cowherd men, were astonished as to how the cart could have collapsed by itself. All the men and women who were assembled for the holy function crowded around and began to suggest how the cart might have collapsed. No one could ascertain the cause, but some small children who were entrusted to play with baby Krṣṇa informed the crowd that it was due to Krṣṇa's striking His feet against the wheel. They assured the crowd that they had seen how it happened with their own eyes, and they strongly asserted the point. Some were listening to the statement of the small children, but others said, "How can you believe the statements of these children?" The cowherd men and women could not understand that the all-powerful Personality of Godhead was lying there as a baby, and He could do anything. Both the possible and impossible were in His power. While the discussion was going on, baby Krṣṇa cried. Without remonstration, mother Yaśodā picked the child up on her lap and called the learned  brāhmaṇas  to chant holy Vedic hymns to counteract the evil spirits. At the same time she allowed the baby to suck her breast. If a child sucks the mother's breast nicely, it is to be understood that he is out of all danger. After this, all the stronger cowherd men put the broken cart in order, and all the scattered things were set up nicely as before. The  brāhmaṇas  thereafter began to offer oblations to the sacrificial fire with yogurt, butter,  kuśa  grass, and water. They worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the good fortune of the child.
The  brāhmaṇas  who were present at that time were all qualified because they were not envious; they never indulged in untruthfulness, they were never proud, they were nonviolent, and they never claimed any false prestige. They were all bona fide  brāhmaṇas , and there was no reason to think that their blessing would be useless. With firm faith in the qualified  brāhmaṇas , Nanda Mahārāja took his child on his lap and bathed Him with water mixed with various herbs while the  brāhmaṇas  chanted hymns from the  Rk ,  Yajus  and  Sāma Vedas .
It is said that without being a qualified  brāhmaṇa , one should not read