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The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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the morning, He blew His bugle made of horn and woke all the cowherd boys and calves with its beautiful sound. Then Krṣṇa and the boys, keeping their respective groups of calves before them, proceeded from Vrajabhūmi to the forest.
TEXT 2
तेनैव साकं पृथुकाः सहस्रशः
स्निग्धाः सुशिग्वेत्रविषाणवेणवः ।
स्वान् स्वान् सहस्रोपरिसंख्ययान्वितान्
वत्सान् पुरस्कृत्य विनिर्ययुमुदा ॥ २ ॥
tenaiva sākam pṛthukāḥ sahasraśaḥ
snigdhāḥ suśig-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇavaḥ
svān svān sahasropari-saṅkhyayānvitān
vatsān puraskṛtya viniryayur mudā
tena —Him;  eva —indeed;  sākam —accompanied by;  pṛthukāḥ —the boys;  sahasraśaḥ —by the thousands;  snigdhāḥ —very attractive;  su —beautiful;  śik —lunch bags;  vetra —sticks for controlling the calves;  viṣāṇa —horn bugles;  veṇavaḥ —flutes;  svān svān —their own respective;  sahasra-upari-saṅkhyayā anvitān —numbering over a thousand;  vatsān —the calves;  purah-kṛtya —keeping in front;  viniryayuh —they came out;  mudā —with great pleasure.
TRANSLATION
At that time, hundreds and thousands of cowherd boys came out of their respective homes in Vrajabhūmi and joined Krṣṇa, keeping before them their hundreds and thousands of groups of calves. The boys were very beautiful, and they were equipped with lunch bags, bugles, flutes, and sticks for controlling the calves.
TEXT 3
कृष्णवत्सैरसंख्यातैर्यूथीकृत्य स्ववत्सकान् ।
चारयन्तोऽर्भलीलाभिर्विजहुस्तत्र तत्र ह ॥ ३ ॥