Text 53]
The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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TRANSLATION
At that time, the celestial denizens of the higher planetary system showered mallikā-puṣpa, flowers grown in Nandanakānana, upon Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Bakāsura. They also congratulated Him by sounding celestial kettledrums and conchshells and by offering prayers. Seeing this, the cowherd boys were struck with wonder.
TEXT 53
मुक्तं बकास्यादुपलभ्य बालका रामादयः प्राणमिवेन्द्रियो गणः । स्थानागतं तं परिभ्य निर्वृताः प्रणीय वत्सान् व्रजमेत्य तजगुः ॥५३॥
muktam bakāsyād upalabhya bālakā rāmādayaḥ prāṇam ivendriyo gaṇaḥ sthānāgatam tam parirabhya nirvṛtāḥ praṇīya vatsān vrajam etya taj jaguḥ
muktam—thus released; baka-āsyāt—from the mouth of Bakāsura; upalabhya—getting back; bālakāḥ—all the boys, the playmates; rāma-ādayaḥ—headed by Balarāma; prāṇam—life; iva—like; indriyaḥ—senses; gaṇaḥ—all of them; sthāna-āgatam—going to their own place; tam—unto Kṛṣṇa; parirabhya—embracing; nirvṛtāḥ—being freed from the danger; praṇīya—after collecting; vatsān—all the calves; vrajam etya—returning to Vrajabhūmi; tat jaguḥ—loudly declared the incident.
TRANSLATION
Just as the senses are pacified when consciousness and life return, so when Kṛṣṇa was freed from this danger, all the boys, including Balarāma, thought that their life had been restored. They embraced Kṛṣṇa in good consciousness, and then they collected their own calves and returned to Vrajabhūmi, where they declared the incident loudly.