Fraternal Loving Affairs
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The symptoms of the  kaišora  age are already described, and it is at this age that devotees generally most appreciate Krṣṇa. Krṣṇa with Rādhārāṇī is worshiped as  Kišora-kišorī . Krṣṇa does not increase His age beyond this form of  kaišora , and it is confirmed in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  that although He is the oldest personality and has innumerable different forms, His original form is always youthful. In the pictures of Krṣṇa on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra we can see that He is youthful, although at that time He was old enough to have sons, grandsons, and great grandsons. The cowherd boy friends of Krṣṇa once said, “My dear Krṣṇa, You need not decorate Your body with so many ornaments. Your transcendental features are themselves so beautiful that You do not require any ornamentation.” At this age, whenever Krṣṇa begins to vibrate His flute early in the morning, all of His friends immediately get up from bed just to join Him in going to the pasturing grounds. One of the friends once said, “My dear cowherd friends, the sound of Krṣṇa’s flute from above Govardhan Hill is telling us that we need not go to search Him out on the bank of the Yamunā.”
Pārvatī, the wife of Lord Śiva, told her husband: “My dear Pañcamukha [five-faced], just look at the Pāṇḍavas! After hearing the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s conchshell known as Pāñcajanya, they have regained their strength and are just like lions.”
At this age, Kṛṣṇa once dressed Himself up exactly like Rādhārāṇī, just to create fun among His friends. He put on golden earrings; and because He was blackish, He smeared the pulp of  kuṅkum  all over His body in order to become as fair as She. By seeing this dress, Kṛṣṇa’s friend Subala became very astonished.
Krṣṇa sometimes played with His intimate friends by engaging in fighting or wrestling with their arms, sometimes by playing ball, sometimes by playing chess, sometimes by carrying one another on the shoulders, and sometimes by exhibiting their expertness at whirling logs. And the cowherd friends used to please Krṣṇa by sitting together with Him on coaches or on swings, by lying together on their beds, by joking together and by swimming in the pool. All these activities are called  anubhāva . Whenever all the friends would assemble in the company of Krṣṇa, they would immediately engage in