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
EN BN
HE TTA MIA Tea TAASAT |
marae Pet Tat Bt TI Ta ATT I
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.”
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TAIT ATT ATA: |
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Rraiataarary ata Tawa IMA
athapy abhibhavanty enam
naiva te ghora-darsanah
