Text 53] The Childhood Pastimes of Krsna 259

TRANSLATION

At that time, the celestial denizens of the higher planetary
system showered mallika-puspa, flowers grown in Nandana-
kanana, upon Krsna, the enemy of Bakasura. They also congratu-
lated Him by sounding celestial kettledrums and conchshells and
by offering prayers. Seeing this, the cowherd boys were struck
with wonder.

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muktam bakdsyad upalabhya balaka
ramddayah pranam ivendriyo ganah

sthdndgatam tar parirabhya nirvrtah
praniya vatsan vrajam etya taj jaguh

muktam—thus released; baka-dsyat—from the mouth of Bakasura;
upalabhya—getting back; balakah—all the boys, the playmates; réma-
ddayah—headed by Balarama; praénam—life; iva—like; indriyah—
senses; ganah—all of them; sthaéna-dgatam—going to their own place;
tam—unto Krsna; parirabhya—embracing; nirvrtah—being freed from
the danger; praniya—after collecting; vatsén—all the calves; vrajam
etya—returning to Vrajabhami; tat jaguh—loudly declared the incident.

TRANSLATION

Just as the senses are pacified when consciousness and life
return, so when Krsna was freed from this danger, all the boys, in-
cluding Balarama, thought that their life had been restored. They
embraced Krsna in good consciousness, and then they collected
their own calves and returned to Vrajabhimi, where they declared
the incident loudly.
