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Prabhasaksetra. From there He started for Samyamani, the residence of
Yamaraja, the superintendent of death. Accompanied by His elder brother
Balarama, who is also known as Halayudha, Krsna arrived there and blew
on His conchshell.

Hearing the vibration, Yamaraja appeared and received Sri Krsna with all
respectful obeisances. Yamaraja could understand who Krsna and Balarama
were, and therefore he immediately offered his humble service to the Lord.
Krsna had appeared on the surface of the earth as an ordinary human
being, but actually Krsna and Balarama are the Supersoul living within the
heart of every living entity. They are Visnu Himself, but were playing just
like ordinary human boys. As Yamaraja offered his services to the Lord,
Sri Krsna asked him to return His teacher’s son, who had come to him asa
result of his work. “Considering My ruling as supreme,” said Krsna, “‘you
should immediately return the son of My teacher.”

Yamaraja returned the boy to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and Krsna and Balarama brought him to his father. The brothers asked if
Their teacher had anything more to ask from Them, but he replied, “My
dear sons, You have done enough for me. I am now completely satisfied.
What further want can there be for a man who has disciples like You? My
dear boys, You can go home now. These glorious acts of Yours will always
be renowned all over the world. You are above all blessing, yet it is my
duty to bless You. I give You the benediction that whatever You speak
will remain as eternally fresh as the instruction of the Vedas. Your
teachings will not only be honored within this universe or in this millen-
nium, but in all places and ages and will remain increasingly new and
important.”” Due to this benediction from His teacher, Lord Krsna’s
Bhagavad-gita is ever increasingly fresh and is not only renowned within
this universe, but in other planets and in other universes also.

Being ordered by Their teacher, Krsna and Balarama immediately
returned home on Their chariots. They traveled at great speeds like the
wind and made sounds like the crashing of clouds. All the residents of
Mathura, who had not seen Krsna and Balarama for a long time, were very
pleased to see Them again. They felt joyful, like a person who has regained
his lost property.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-fourth Chapter of
Krsna, “Krsna Recovers the Son of His Teacher.”
