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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 13]
day on which Brahmā stole the calves and boys,  yogamāyā  acted in such a way that the residents of Vṛndāvana, including even Lord Balarāma, could not understand how  yogamāyā  was working and causing such uncommon things to happen. But as  yogamāyā  gradually acted, Balarāma in particular was able to understand what was happening, and therefore He inquired from Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 36
किमेतदङ्घुतमिव वासुदेवेऽखिलात्मनि । 
    त्रजस्य सात्मनस्तोकेष्वपूर्वं ग्रेम वर्धते ॥३६॥
kim etad adbhutam iva 
    vāsudeve 'khilātmani 
    vrajasya sātmanas tokeṣv 
    apūrvam prema vardhate
kim —what;  etat —this;  adbhutam —wonderful;  iva —just as;  vāsudeve —in Vāsudeva, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  akhila-ātmani —the Supersoul of all living entities;  vrajasya —of all the inhabitants of Vraja;  sa-ātmanah —along with Me;  tokeṣu —in these boys;  apūrvam —unprecedented;  prema —affection;  vardhate —is increasing.
TRANSLATION
What is this wonderful phenomenon? The affection of all the inhabitants of Vraja, including Me, toward these boys and calves is increasing as never before, just like our affection for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supersoul of all living entities.
PURPORT
This increase of affection was not  māyā ; rather, because Kṛṣṇa had expanded Himself as everything and because the whole life of everyone in Vṛndāvana was meant for Kṛṣṇa, the cows, because of affection for Kṛṣṇa, had more affection for the older calves than for the new calves, and the men increased in their affection for their sons. Balarāma was astonished to see all the residents of Vṛndāvana so affectionate toward their own children, exactly as they had been for Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, the