2 Srimad-Bhagavatam

left Krsna to see to the stove, where the milk was boiling, and did not
allow Him to suck her breast, Krsna was very angry and broke a pot of
yogurt. To chastise her naughty child, mother Yasod4 wanted to bind
Him with rope, but every time she tried she failed because of a shortage
of rope when the time came to knot it. In the Tenth Chapter there are
forty-three verses. This chapter describes how Krsna, as Damodara,
caused the twin Yamalarjuna trees to fall and how the two demigods
within the trees were delivered by the mercy of Krsna. In the Eleventh
Chapter there are fifty-nine verses. This chapter describes how Nanda
Maharaja released Krsna from the ropes, how Krsna showed His mercy to
a fruit seller while exchanging grains for fruit, and how Nanda Maharaja
and others decided to leave Gokula for Vrndavana, where Krsna killed
Vatsasura and Bakasura.

Chapter Twelve contains forty-four verses, describing Krsna’s
pastimes with the cowherd boys in the forest and the killing of the
demon named Aghasura. Chapter Thirteen contains sixty-four verses,
describing how Brahmi stole Krsna’s calves and His friends, the cowherd
boys. Krsna expanded His pastimes for one year, representing Himself as
the calves and boys in forms exactly like their own. In this way He
bewildered Brahma, who at last surrendered when his illusion was over.
The Fourteenth Chapter contains sixty-one verses. In this chapter,
Brahma offers prayers to Krsna after fully understanding Him to be the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Fifteenth Chapter contains fifty-
two verses. This chapter describes how Krsna entered Talavana Forest
with Balarama, how Balarama killed Dhenukasura, and how Krsna pro-
tected the cowherd boys and cows from the poisonous effects of Kaliya.

The Sixteenth Chapter contains sixty-seven verses. This chapter de-
scribes the chastisement of Kaliya by Krsna, and it also describes the
prayers offered by Kaliya’s wives. In the Seventeenth Chapter there are
twenty-five verses. This chapter describes why Kaliya entered the River
Yamun after leaving his home, Nagalaya, one of the dvipas, which ac-
cording to some corresponds to the Fiji Islands. This chapter also de-
scribes how Garuda was cursed by Saubhari Rsi, how the cowherd boys,
Krsna’s friends, were enlivened when Krsna emerged from the Yamuna,
and how Krsna stopped the forest fire and saved the sleeping inhabitants
of Vraja. .

The Eighteenth Chapter contains thirty-two verses, giving a descrip-
