84 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

waited in the sky. As soon as Krsna with His calves and friends came out
of the mouth of the demon, that glittering effulgent light immediately
merged into the body of Krsna within the vision of all the demigods.

The demigods became overwhelmed with joy and began to shower
flowers on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and thus they
worshiped Him. The denizens of heaven began to dance in jubilation, and
the denizens in Gandharvaloka began to offer various kinds of prayers.
Drummers began to beat drums in jubilation, the brahmanas began to
recite Vedic hymns, and all the devotees of the Lord began to chant the
words, “Jaya! Jaya! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead!”

When Lord Brahma heard those auspicious vibrations which sounded
throughout the higher planetary system, he immediately came down to
see what had happened. He saw that the demon was killed, and he was
struck with wonder at the uncommon glorious pastimes of the Personality
of Godhead. The gigantic mouth of the demon remained in an open
position for many days and gradually dried up; it remained a spot of
pleasure pastimes for all the cowherd boys.

The killing of Aghasura took place when Krsna and all His boy friends
were under five years old. Children under five years old are called kaumara.
After five years up to the tenth year they are called pauganda, and after
the tenth year up to the fifteenth year they are called kaisora. After the
fifteenth year, boys are called youths. So for one year there was no
discussion of the incident of the Aghasura demon in the village of Vraja.
But when they attained their sixth year, they informed their parents of
the incident with great wonder. The reason for this will be clear in the
next chapter.

For Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is far greater
than such demigods as Lord Brahma, it is not at all difficult to award one
the opportunity of merging with His eternal body. This He awarded to
Aghasura. Aghasura was certainly the most sinful living entity, and it is
not possible for the sinful to merge into the existence of the Absolute
Truth. But in this particular case, because Krsna entered into Aghasura’s
body, the demon became fully cleansed of all sinful reaction. Persons
constantly thinking of the eternal form of the Lord in the shape of the
Deity or in the shape of a mental form are awarded the transcendental
goal of entering into the kingdom of God and associating with the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead. So we can just imagine the elevated
position of someone like Aghasura into whose body the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Krsna, personally entered. Great sages, meditators
and devotees constantly keep the form of the Lord within the heart, or
