o4 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

unable to do so, and his eyes popped out from their sockets. Crying very
fiercely, he fell down to the ground of Vrndavana and died. The demon
fell exactly like Tripurasura, who was pierced by the arrow of Lord Siva.
He hit the stone ground, and His limbs were smashed. His body became
visible to all the inhabitants of Vrndavana.

When the gopis saw the demon killed and child Krsna very happily
playing on his body, they immediately picked Krsna up with great affec-
tion. The cowherd men and women became very happy to get back their
beloved child Krsna. At that time they began to talk about how wonderful
it was that the demon took away the child to devour Him but could not
do so; instead he fell down dead. Some of them supported the situation:
“This is proper because those who are too sinful die from their sinful
reactions, and child Krsna is pious; therefore He is saved from all kinds of
fearful situations. And we too must have performed great sacrifices in our
previous lives, worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, giving
great wealth in charity and acting philanthropically for the general welfare
of men. Because of such pious activities, the child is saved from all
danger.”

The gopis assembled there spoke among themselves: “What sort of
austerities and penances we must have undergone in our previous lives!
We must have worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, offered
different kinds of sacrifices, made charities and performed many welfare
activities for the public such as growing banyan trees and excavating wells.
As a result of these pious activities, we have got back our child, even
though He was supposed to be dead. Now He has come back to enliven
His relatives.”’ After observing such wonderful happenings, Nanda Maharaja
began to think of the words of Vasudeva again and again.

After this incident, when Yasoda once was nursing her child and patting
Him with great affection, there streamed a profuse supply of milk from
her breast, and when she opened the mouth of the child with her fingers,
she suddenly saw the universal manifestation within His mouth. She saw
within the mouth of Krsna the whole sky, including the luminaries, stars
in all directions, the sun, moon, fire, air, seas, islands, mountains, rivers,
forests, and all other movable and immovable entities. Upon seeing this,
mother Yasoda’s heart began to throb, and she murmured within herself,
“How wonderful this is!” She could not express anything, but simply
closed her eyes. She was absorbed in wonderful thoughts. Krsna’s showing
the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even when
lying down on the lap of His mother, proves that the Supreme Personality
of Godhead is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whether He is
