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through His eyes, He impressed His friends that there was no cause for
fear. Then Krsna, the supreme mystic, the powerful Personality of
Godhead, immediately swallowed up all the flames of the fire. The cows
and boys were thus saved from imminent danger. Out of fear, the boys
were almost unconscious, but when they regained their consciousness and
opened their eyes, they saw that they were again in the forest with Krsna,
Balarama and the cows. They were astonished to see that they were
completely free from the attack of the blazing fire and that the cows were
saved. They secretly thought that Krsna must not be an ordinary boy, but
some demigod.

In the evening, Krsna and Balarama, along with the boys and cows, re-
turned to Vrndavana, playing Their flutes. As they approached the village,
all the gopis became very joyous. Throughout the day the gopis used to
think of Krsna while He was in the forest, and in His absence they were
considering one moment to be like twelve years.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Nineteenth Chapter of
Krsna, “Devouring the Forest Fire.”
