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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Nārada had told Kamsa all about Krṣṇa's being transferred from Mathurā to Vṛndāvana just after His birth and about His killing all the demons sent by Kamsa. Akrūra then explained to Krṣṇa the purpose of his coming to Vṛndāvana: to take him back to Mathurā. After hearing of these arrangements, Balarāma and Krṣṇa, who are very expert in killing opponents, mildly laughed at the plans of Kamsa.
They asked Nanda Mahārāja to invite all the cowherd boys to go to Mathurā to participate in the ceremony known as  Dhanur-yajña . Kamsa wanted them all to go there to participate in the function. On Krṣṇa's word, Nanda Mahārāja at once called for the cowherd boys and asked them to collect all kinds of milk preparations and milk to present in the ceremony. He also sent instructions to the police chief of Vṛndāvana to tell all the inhabitants about Kamsa's great Dhanur-yajña function and invite them to join. Nanda Mahārāja informed the cowherd boys that they would start the next morning. They therefore arranged for the cows and bulls to carry them all to Mathurā.
When the  gopīs  saw that Akrūra had come to take Krṣṇa and Balarāma away to Mathurā, they became overwhelmed with anxiety. Some of them became so aggrieved that their faces turned black, and they began to breathe warmly and had palpitations of the heart. They discovered that their hair and dress immediately loosened. Hearing the news that Krṣṇa and Balarāma were leaving for Mathurā, others who were engaged in household duties stopped working as if they had forgotten everything, like a person who is called forth to die and leave this world at once. Others immediately fainted due to separation from Krṣṇa. Remembering His attractive smile and His talks with them, the  gopīs  became overwhelmed with grief. They all remembered the characteristics of the Personality of Godhead, how He moved within the area of Vṛndāvana and how, with joking words, He attracted all their hearts. Thinking of Krṣṇa and of their imminent separation from Him, the  gopīs  assembled together with heavy beating hearts. Completely absorbed in thought of Krṣṇa, tears fell from their eyes. They began to converse as follows.
"O Providence, you are so crue!! It appears that you do not know how to show mercy to others. By your arrangement, friends contact one another, but without fulfilling their desires you separate them. This is exactly like children's play that has no meaning. It is very abominable that you arrange to show us beautiful Krṣṇa, whose bluish curling hair beautifies His broad forehead and sharp nose, who is always smiling to minimize all contention in this material world, and then arrange to separate Him from us. O Providence, You are so crue!! But most astonishingly You appear now