Lord Krṣṇa's Daily Activities
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tarpaṇa , which means pleasing. One's forefathers might have to take a body on another planet, but by performance of this  tarpaṇa  system, they become very happy wherever they may be. It is the duty of the householder to make his family members happy, and by following this  tarpaṇa  system he can make his forefathers happy also. As the perfect exemplary householder, Lord Śrī Krṣṇa followed this  tarpaṇa  system and offered respectful obeisances to the elderly superior members of His family.
His next duty was to give cows in charity to the  brāhmaṇas . Lord Krṣṇa used to give as many as 13,084 cows. Each of them was decorated with a silken cover and pearl necklace, their horns were covered with gold plating, and their hooves were silver-plated. All of them were full of milk, due to having their first-born calves with them, and they were very tame and peaceful. When the cows were given in charity to the  brāhmaṇas , the  brāhmaṇas  also were given nice silken garments, and each was given a deer-skin and sufficient quantity of sesame grains. The Lord is generally known as  go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca , which means that His first duty is to see to the welfare of the cows and the  brāhmaṇas . Thus He used to give cows in charity to the  brāhmaṇas , with opulent decorations and paraphernalia. Then, wishing for the welfare of all living entities, He would touch auspicious articles such as milk, fire, honey, ghee (clarified butter), gold, jewels and fire. Although the Lord is by nature very beautiful due to the perfect figure of His transcendental body, still He would dress Himself in yellow colored garments and put on His necklace of Kaustubha jewels. He would wear flower garlands, smear His body with the pulp of sandalwood and decorate Himself with other similar cosmetics and ornaments. It is said that the ornaments themselves became beautiful upon being placed on the transcendental body of the Lord. After decorating Himself in this way, the Lord would then look at marble statues of the cow and calf and visit temples of God or demigods like Lord Śiva. There were many  brāhmaṇas  who would come daily to see the Supreme Lord before taking their breakfast; they were anxious to see Him, and He welcomed them.
His next duty was to please all kinds of men belonging to the different castes, both in the city and within the palace compound. He made them happy by fulfilling their different desires, and when the Lord saw them happy He also became very much pleased. The flower garlands, betel nuts, sandalwood pulp and other fragrant cosmetic articles which were offered to the Lord would be distributed by Him, first to the  brāhmaṇas  and elderly members of the family, then to the queens, then to the ministers, and if there were still some balance He would utilize it for His own personal use. By the time the Lord finished all these daily duties and activities,