The Superexcellent Power of Kṛṣṇa
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instead of Kṛṣṇa was not at all successful. Arjuna, however, did his best by chanting different  mantras , and he took up his bow to guard the maternity home from all directions.
The  brāhmaṇa 's wife delivered a male child, and as usual the child began to cry. But suddenly, within a few minutes, both the child and Arjuna's arrows disappeared in the sky. It appeared that the  brāhmaṇa 's house was near Kṛṣṇa's residence and that Lord Kṛṣṇa was enjoying everything that was taking place apparently in defiance of His authority. It was He who played the trick of taking away the  brāhmaṇa 's baby as well as the arrows, including the one given by Lord Śiva, of which Arjuna was so proud.  Tad bhavati alpamedhasām : less intelligent men take shelter of the demigods due to bewilderment and are satisfied with the benefits they award.
In the presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa and others, the  brāhmaṇa  began to accuse Arjuna: "Everyone see my foolishness! I put my faith in the words of Arjuna, who is impotent and who is expert only in false promises. How foolish I was to believe Arjuna. He promised to protect my child when even Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa failed. If such great personalities could not protect my child, then who can do so? I therefore condemn Arjuna for his false promise, and I also condemn his celebrated bow Gāṇḍīva and his impudency in declaring himself greater than Lord Balarāma, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. No one can save my child, for he has already been transferred to another planet. Due to sheer foolishness only, Arjuna thought that he could bring back my child from another planet."
Thus condemned by the  brāhmaṇa , Arjuna empowered himself with a mystic  yoga  perfection so that he could travel to any planet to find the  brāhmaṇa 's baby. It seems that Arjuna had mastered the mystic  yogic  power by which  yogīs  can travel to any planet they desire. He first of all wnet to the planet known as Yamaloka, where the superintendent of death, Yamarāja, lives. There he searched for the  brāhmaṇa 's baby, but he was unable to find him. He then immediately went to the planet where the King of heaven, Indra, lives. When he was unable to find the baby there, he went to the planets of the fire demigods, Nairṛti, and then to the moon planet. Then he went to Vāyu and to Varuṇaloka. When he was unable to find the baby in those planets, he went down to the Rasātala planet, the lowest of the planetary systems. After traveling to all these different planets, he finally went to Brahmaloka, where even the mystic  yogīs  cannot go. By the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna had that power, and he went above the heavenly planets to Brahmaloka. When he was unable to find the baby even after searching all possible planets, he then attempted to throw