CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Childhood Pastimes of Krṣṇa
This chapter describes how the inhabitants of Gokula left Gokula and went to Vṛndāvana and how Krṣṇa killed Vatsāsura and Bakāsura.
When the  yamala-arjuna  trees fell, they made a tremendous sound, like that of falling thunderbolts. Being surprised, Krṣṇa's father, Nanda, and the other elderly inhabitants of Gokula went to the spot, where they saw the fallen trees and Krṣṇa standing between them, bound to the  ulūkhala , the wooden mortar. They could find no cause for the trees' having fallen and Krṣṇa's being there. They thought this might be the work of some other  asura  who had met Krṣṇa on this spot, and they inquired from the playmates of Krṣṇa about how the whole incident had taken place. The children properly described how everything had happened, but the elderly persons could not believe the story. Some of them, however, thought that it might be true, since they had already seen many wonderful incidents in connection with Krṣṇa. Anyway, Nanda Mahārāja immediately released Krṣṇa from the ropes.
In this way, Krṣṇa, at every day and every moment, displayed wonderful incidents to increase the parental affection of Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, who thus felt both surprise and joy. The breaking of the  yamala-arjunas  was one of these wonderful pastimes.
One day a fruit vendor approached Nanda Mahārāja's house, and Krṣṇa gathered some food grains with His little palms and went to the vendor to exchange the grains for fruit. On the way, almost all the grains fell from His palms, only one or two grains remaining, but the fruit vendor, out of full affection, accepted these grains in exchange for as much fruit as Krṣṇa could take. As soon as she did this, her basket became filled with gold and jewels.
Thereafter, all the elderly  gopas  decided to leave Gokula because they saw that in Gokula there was always some disturbance. They decided to go to Vṛndāvana, Vraja-dhāma, and the next day they all departed. In Vṛndāvana, both Krṣṇa and Balarāma, after finishing Their childhood pastimes, began to take charge of the calves and send them to the pasturing grounds ( go-caraṇa ). During this time, a demon named Vatsāsura
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