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Brahmā Stealing the Boys and Calves
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brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya guravo guhyam apy uta
śṛṇusva —please hear;  avahitaḥ —with great attention;  rājan —O King (Mahārāja Parikṣit);  api —although;  guhyam —very confidential (because ordinary men cannot understand the activities of Kṛṣṇa);  vadāmi —I shall explain;  te —unto you;  brūyuḥ —explain;  snigdhasya —submissive;  śiṣyasya —of a disciple;  guravaḥ —spiritual masters;  guhyam —very confidential;  api uta —even so.
TRANSLATION
O King, kindly hear me with great attention. Although the activities of the Supreme Lord are very confidential, no ordinary man being able to understand them, I shall speak about them to you, for spiritual masters explain to a submissive disciple even subject matters that are very confidential and difficult to understand.
TEXT 4
तथाघवदनान्मृत्यो रक्षित्वा वत्सपालकान् । सरित्पुलिनमानीय भगवानिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ४ ॥
tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān sarit-pulinam ānīya bhagavān idam abravīt
tathā —thereafter;  agha-vadanāt —from the mouth of Aghāsura;  mṛtyoḥ —death personified;  rakṣitvā —after saving;  vatsa-pālakān —all the cowherd boys and calves;  sarit-pulinam —to the bank of the river;  ānīya —bringing them;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of God-head, Kṛṣṇa;  idam —these words;  abravīt —spoke.
TRANSLATION
Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghāsura, who was death personified, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme