Text 32] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 117

the killer of many demons. Although mundane people like nonviolence
and other such brilliant qualities, God, the Absolute Truth, being always
the same, is good in any activities, even so-called immoral activities like
stealing, killing and violence. Krsna is always pure, and He is always the
Supreme Absolute Truth. Krsna may do anything supposedly abominable
in material life, yet still He is attractive. Therefore His name is Krsna,
meaning “‘all-attractive.” This is the platform on which transcendental
loving affairs and service are exchanged. Because of the features of
Krsna’s face, the mothers were so attracted that they could not chastise
Him. Instead of chastising Him, they smiled and enjoyed hearing of
Krsna’s activities. Thus the gopis remained satisfied, and Krsna enjoyed
their happiness. Therefore another name of Krsna is Gopi-jana-vallabha
because He invented such activities to please the gopis.

TEXT 32
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ekada kridamanas te
ramadya gopa-darakah
krsno mrdam bhaksitavan

iti matre nyavedayan

ekada—once upon a time; kridamanah—now Krsna, being still more
grown up, was playing with other children of the same age; te—they;
rama-adyah—Balarama and others; gopa-daérakah—other boys born in
the same neighborhood of the cowherd men; krsnah mrdam bhak-
sitavan—O Mother, Krsna has eaten earth (a complaint was lodged);
iti—thus; mdtre—unto mother Yasoda; nyavedayan—they submitted.

TRANSLATION

One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates, in-
cluding Balarama and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came
together and lodged a complaint to mother Yasoda. ‘‘Mother,” they
submitted, ‘‘Krsna has eaten earth.”
