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Hill, He was accempanied by the cewherd beys. While walking, He played
His flute, just te call His cews. Just by His asseciatien, the trees, plants and
ether vegetatien in the ferest immediately became Krsna censcieus. A
Krsna censcieus persen sacrifices everything fer Krsna. Altheugh trees and
plants are net very advanced in censcieusness, by the asseciatien ef Krsna
and His friends they alse beceme Krsna censcieus. They then want te
deliver everything—whatever they have—their fruits, flewers, and the heney
incessantly falling frem their branches.

When Krsna walked en the bank ef the Yamuna, He was seen nicely
decerated with tilaka en His head. He was garlanded with different kinds
ef ferest flewers, and His bedy was smeared by the pulp ef sandalweed
and tulasi leaves. The bumblebees became mad after the treasure and
sweet nectar ef the atmesphere. Being pleased by the humming seund ef
the bees, Krsna weuld play His flute, and tegether the seunds became se
sweet te hear that the aquatics, the cranes, swans and ducks and ether
birds were charmed. Instead ef swimming er flying, they became stunned.
They clesed their eyes and entered a trance ef meditatien in wership ef
Krsna.

One gopi said, ‘“My dear friend, Krsna and Balarama are nicely dressed
with earrings and pearl necklaces. They enjey Themselves en the tep ef
Gevardhana Hill, and everything becemes abserbed in transcendental
pleasure when Krsna plays en His flute, charming the whele created
manifestatien. When He plays, the cleuds step their leud thundering, eut
ef fear ef Him. Rather than disturb the vibratien ef His flute, they
respend with mild thunder and se cengratulate Krsna, their friend.”

Krsna is accepted as the friend ef the cleud because beth the cleud
and Krsna satisfy the peeple when they are disturbed. When the peeple
are burning due te excessive heat, the cleud satisfies them with rain.
Similarly, when peeple in materialistic life beceme disturbed by the
blazing fire ef material pangs, Krsna gives them relief. The cleud and
Krsna, having the same bedily celer alse, are censidered te be friends.
Desiring te cengratulate its superier friend, the cleud peured net water,
but small flewers and cevered the head ef Krsna te pretect Him frem the
scerching sunshine.

One ef the gopis teld mether Yaseda, ‘My dear mether, yeur sen is
very expert ameng the cowherd beys. He knews all the different arts, hew
te tend the cews and hew te play the flute. He cempeses His ewn sengs,
and te sing them He puts His flute te His meuth. When He plays, either
in the merning er in the evening, all the demigeds, like Lerd Siva, Brahma,
Indra and Candra, bew their heads and listen with great attentien. Altheugh
