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The Nectar of Devotion
62. Krsna's Attractive Flute
In the Tenth Canto, 35th Chapter, 8th verse of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the  gopīs  tell Mother Yaśodā, “When your son plays on His flute, Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and Indra—although they are supposed to be the greatest learned scholars and personalities—all become bewildered. Although they are all very great personalities, by hearing the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute they humbly bow down and become grave from studying the sound vibrated.”
In his book  Vidagdha-mādhava , Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī thus describes the vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute: “The sound vibration created by the flute of Kṛṣṇa wonderfully stopped Lord Śiva from playing his  ḍiṇḍima  drum, and the same flute has caused great sages like the four Kumāras to become disturbed in their meditation. It has caused Lord Brahmā, who was sitting on the lotus flower for the creative function, to become astonished. And Anantadeva, who was calmly holding all the planets on his hood, was moving in this way and that due to the transcendental vibration from Kṛṣṇa’s flute, which penetrated through the covering of this universe and reached to the spiritual sky.”
63.  Krṣṇa  is  Surrounded  by  Loving Devotees
When we speak of Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa is not alone. Krṣṇa means His name, His qualities, His fame, His friends, His paraphernalia, His entourage—all of these are included. When we speak of a king, it is to be understood that he is surrounded by ministers, secretaries, military commanders and many other people. Similarly, Krṣṇa is not impersonal. In His Vrṇdāvana  līlā  especially, He is surrounded by the  gopīs , the cowherd boys, His father, His mother and all the inhabitants of Vrṇdāvana.
64. Крҫна’s Exquisite Beauty
In the Third Canto, 2nd Chapter, 12th verse, of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Uddhava tells Vidura, “My dear sir, Kṛṣṇa’s form was most wonder-