PLATE FOUR

One day, when mother Yasoda was sitting with Krsna on her lap, she
suddenly observed that He had assumed the weight of the entire uni-
verse. Astonished, she had to put the child down. Then she left Krsna sit-
ting in the courtyard and she engaged in her household duties. All at
once a demon named Trnavarta, who was a servant of King Kamsa’s,
came there in the form of a whirlwind and very easily carried the child
up into the air. Covering the whole land of Gokula with particles of dust,
Trnavarta began vibrating everywhere with a greatly fearful sound. For
a moment, the whole pasturing ground became overcast with dense dark-
ness from the dust storm, and mother Yasoda, unable to find her son
where she had placed Him, began to lament pitifully. Meanwhile, the
whirlwind demon took Krsna very high into the sky, but Krsna suddenly
became heavier than the demon and stopped him from going any
farther. To Trnavarta, Krsna felt as heavy as a mountain or a huge hunk
of iron. But because Krsna was tightly holding on to the demon’s neck,
the demon was unable to throw Him off. (pp. 60-68)
