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The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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saved. The cowherd men and women looked upon Kṛṣṇa and the boys and did not desire to turn their eyes aside.
TEXT 55
अहो बतास्य बालस्य बहवो मृत्यवोऽभवन् । अप्यासीद् विप्रियं तेषां कृतं पूर्वं यतो भयम् ॥५५॥
aho batāsya bālasya bahavo mṛtyavo 'bhavan apy āsīd vipriyam teṣām kṛtam pūrvam yato bhayam
aho bata—it is very astonishing; asya—of this; bālasya—Kṛṣṇa; bahavaḥ—many, many; mṛtyavaḥ—causes of death; abhavan—appeared; api—still; āsīt—there was; vipriyam—the cause of death; teṣām—of them; kṛtam—done; pūrvam—formerly; yataḥ—from which; bhayam—there was fear of death.
TRANSLATION
The cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, began to contemplate: It is very astonishing that although this boy Kṛṣṇa has many times faced many varied causes of death, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead it was these causes of fear that were killed, instead of Him.
PURPORT
The cowherd men innocently thought, “Because our Kṛṣṇa is innocent, the causes of death that appeared before Him were themselves killed instead of Kṛṣṇa. This is the greatest grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
TEXT 56
अथाप्यभिभवन्त्येनं नैव ते घोरदर्शनाः । जिघांसयैनमासाद्य नश्यन्त्यग्रौ पतङ्गवत् ॥५६॥
athāpy abhibhavanty enam naiva te ghora-darśanāḥ