268 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12
effulgence of Krsna, but because the Supreme Personality of Godhead
entered the body of Aghasura, by His touch this demon got the oppor-
tunity to merge into the existence of the Brahman effulgence and thus
attain sdyujya-muhti.

When this pastime was performed, Krsna was only five years old. One
year later, when He was six years old and He stepped into the pauganda
age, this pastime was disclosed to the inhabitants of Vraja. Pariksit
Maharaja inquired, ‘“Why is it that this pastime was disclosed only after
one year and yet the inhabitants of Vraja thought that it had been per-
formed that very day?” With this question, the Twelfth Chapter ends.

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Sri-Suka uvdca
kvacid vandsaya mano dadhad vrajat
pratah samutthéya vayasya-vatsapan
prabodhayafi chriga-ravena caérund
vinirgato vatsa-purahsaro harih

Sri-Sukah uvadca —Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; kvacit—one day; vana-
dsadya—just to enjoy a picnic in the forest; manah—mind; dadhat—
gave attention; vrajat—and went out of Vrajabhimi; pratah—early in
the morning; samutthaya—waking up; vayasya-vatsa-pan—the
cowherd boys and the calves; prabodhayan—to get everyone to rise,
waking up and informing them; srriga-ravena—by sounding the bugle
made of horn; cérund—very beautiful; vinirgatah—came out of Vra-
jabhimi; vatsa-purahsarah—keeping the respective groups of calves in
front; harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King, one day Krsna decided to

take His breakfast as a picnic in the forest. Having risen early in
