26 / Wonderful Krsna

Without understanding the intricacies of Krsna, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon spiritual opulences, the
innocent cowherd boys and men of Vrndavana began to discuss the
wonderful activities of Krsna which surpass the activities of all men.

One of them said, ‘‘My dear friends, considering His wonderful activities,
how is it possible that such an uncommon boy would come and live with
us in Vrndavana? It is really not possible. Just imagine! He is now only
seven years old! How was it possible for Him to lift Govardhana Hill in
one hand and hold it up just like the king of elephants holds a lotus flower?
To lift a lotus flower is a most insignificant thing for an elephant, and
similarly Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill without exertion. When He was
simply a small baby and could not even see properly, He killed a great
demon, Putana. While sucking her breast, He also sucked out her life-air.
Krsna killed the Patana demon exactly as eternal time kills a living
creature in due course. When He was only three months old, He was
sleeping underneath a hand-driven cart. Being hungry for His mother’s
breast, He began to cry and throw His legs upwards. And from the kicking
of his small feet the cart immediately broke apart and fell to pieces. When
He was only one year old, He was carried away by the Trnavarta demon
disguised as a whirlwind, and although He was taken very high in the sky,
He simply hung on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the
sky and immediately die. Once His mother, being disturbed by His stealing
butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child pushed it towards a
pair of trees known as yamala arjuna and caused them to fall. Once, when
He was engaged in tending the calves in the forest along with His elder
brother, Balarama, a demon named Bakasura appeared, and Krsna at once
bifurcated the demon’s beaks. When the demon known as Vatsdsura
entered among the calves tended by Krsna with a desire to kill Him, He

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