114 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

nity of seeing You in Vrndavana, and they are praying for further
advancement in spiritual life through Your personal association. Generally
the trees are living entities in the modes of darkness. The impersonalist
philosophers are in that darkness, but they eradicate it by taking full
advantage of Your presence. I think the drones that are buzzing all around
You must have been Your devotees in their past lives. They cannot leave
Your company because no one can be a better, more affectionate master
than You. You are the supreme and original Personality of Godhead, and
the drones are just trying to spread Your glories by chanting every moment.
I think some of them must be great sages, devotees of Your Lordship, and
they are disguising themselves in the form of drones because they are
unable to give up Your company even for a moment. My dear brother,
You are the supreme worshipalble Godhead. Just see how the peacocks in
great ecstasy are dancing before You. The deer, whose behavior is just
like the gopis, are welcoming You with the same affection. And the
cuckoos who are residing in this forest are receiving You with great joy
because they consider that Your appearance is so auspicious in their home.
Even though they are trees and animals, these residents of Vrndavana are
glorifying You. They are prepared to welcome You to their best capacity,
as is the practice of great souls in receiving another great soul at home. As
for the land, it is so pious and fortunate that the footprints of Your lotus
feet are marking its body.

“It is quite natural for these Vrndavana inhabitants to thus receive a
great personality like You. The herbs, creepers and plants are also so
fortunate to touch Your lotus feet. And by Your touching the twigs with
Your hands, these small plants are also made glorious. As for the hills and
the rivers, they too are now glorious because You are glancing at them.
Above all, the damsels of Vraja, the gopis, attracted by Your beauty, are
the most glorious, because You embrace them with Your strong arms.”

In this way, both Lord Krsna and Balarama began to enjoy the residents
of Vrndavana to their full satisfaction, along with the calves and cows on
the bank of the Yamuna. In some places both Krsna and Balarama were
accompanied by Their friends. The boys were singing, imitating the
humming sound of the drones and accompanying Krsna and Balarama,
who were garlanded with forest flowers. While walking, the boys some-
times imitated the quacking sound of the swans in the lakes, or when they
saw the peacocks dancing, they imitated them before Krsna. Krsna also
moved His neck, imitating the dancing and making His friends laugh.

The cows taken care of by Krsna had different names, and Krsna
would call them with love. After hearing Krsna calling, the cows would
