Fraternal Loving Affairs 339

The symptoms of the kaisora age are already described, and it is at
this age that devotees generally most appreciate Krsna. Krsna with
Radharani is worshiped as Kisora-kisori. Krsna does not increase His
age beyond this form of kaisora, and it is confirmed in the Brahma-
samhita that although He is the oldest personality and has innumer-
able different forms, His original form is always youthful. In the pic-
tures of Krsna on the battlefield of Kuruksetra we can see that He is
youthful, although at that time He was old enough to have sons,
grandsons, and great grandsons. The cowherd boy friends of Krsna
once said, ““My dear Krsna, You need not decorate Your body with
so many ornaments. Your transcendental features are themselves so
beautiful that You do not require any ornamentation.” At this age,
whenever Krsna begins to vibrate His flute early in the morning, all of
His friends immediately get up from bed just to join Him in going to
the pasturing grounds. One of the friends once said, ““My dear cow-
herd friends, the sound of Krsna’s flute from above Govardhan Hill
is telling us that we need not go to search Him out on the bank of the
Yamuna.”

Parvati, the wife of Lord Siva, told her husband: “My dear
Paficamukha [five-faced], just look at the Pandavas! After hearing
the sound of Krsna’s conchshell known as Pajficajanya, they have
regained their strength and are just like lions.”

At this age, Krsna once dressed Himself up exactly like Radharant,
just to create fun among His friends. He put on golden earrings; and
because He was blackish, He smeared the pulp of kunkum all over
His body in order to become as fair as She. By seeing this dress,
Krsna’s friend Subala became very astonished.

Krsna sometimes played with His intimate friends by engaging in
fighting or wrestling with their arms, sometimes by playing ball,
sometimes by playing chess, sometimes by carrying one another on
the shoulders, and sometimes by exhibiting their expertness at
whirling logs. And the cowherd friends used to please Krsna by
sitting together with Him on coaches or on swings, by lying together
on their beds, by joking together and by swimming in the pool. All
these activities are called anubhdva. Whenever all the friends would
assemble in the company of Krsna, they would immediately engage in
