Text 56] The Childhood Pastimes of Krsna 261

saved. The cowherd men and women looked upon Krsna and the boys
and did not desire to turn their eyes aside.

TEXT 55

FE TNA WHA Feat TAISATT |
mearte Are tat Ht TF Tat TTT ANGI

aho batdsya balasya
bahavo mrtyavo *bhavan
apy dsid vipriyam tesam
krtam pirvam yato bhayam

aho bata—it is very astonishing; asya—of this; balasya—Krsna;
bahavah—many, many; mrtyavah—causes of death; abhavan—ap-
peared; api—still; dsit—there was; vipriyam—the cause of death;
tesam—of them; krtam—done; pirvam—formerly; yatah—from
which; bhayam—there was fear of death.

TRANSLATION

The cowherd men, headed by Nanda Maharaja, began to con-
template: It is very astonishing that although this boy Krsna has
many times faced many varied causes of death, by the grace of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead it was these causes of fear that
were killed, instead of Him.

PURPORT

The cowherd men innocently thought, “‘Because our Krsna is inno-
cent, the causes of death that appeared before Him were themselves
killed instead of Krsna. This is the greatest grace of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.”

TEXT 56
sarah Fa J saan |
fraiaaaarara aera TaRAT NMA

athapy abhibhavanty enam
naiva te ghora-darsanah
