Devouring the Forest Fire
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through His eyes, He impressed His friends that there was no cause for fear. Then Krṣṇa, the supreme mystic, the powerful Personality of Godhead, immediately swallowed up all the flames of the fire. The cows and boys were thus saved from imminent danger. Out of fear, the boys were almost unconscious, but when they regained their consciousness and opened their eyes, they saw that they were again in the forest with Krṣṇa, Balarāma and the cows. They were astonished to see that they were completely free from the attack of the blazing fire and that the cows were saved. They secretly thought that Krṣṇa must not be an ordinary boy, but some demigod.
In the evening, Krṣṇa and Balarāma, along with the boys and cows, returned to Vrṇdāvana, playing Their flutes. As they approached the village, all the  gopīs  became very joyous. Throughout the day the  gopīs  used to think of Krṣṇa while He was in the forest, and in His absence they were considering one moment to be like twelve years.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Nineteenth Chapter of Krṣṇa, “Devouring the Forest Fire.”