270 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12
krsna-vatsair asankhyatair
yuthi-krtya sva-vatsakan
cdrayanto ’rbha-lilabhir
vijahrus tatra tatra ha

krsna—of Lord Krsna; vatsaih—along with the calves; asarikhyd-
taih—unlimited; yithi-krtya—assembled them; sva-vatsakan—per-
sonal calves; cdrayantah—executing; arbha-lilabhih—by boyhood
pastimes; vijahruh—enjoyed; tatra tatra—here and there; ha—indeed.

TRANSLATION

Along with the cowherd boys and their own groups of calves,
Krsna came out with an unlimited number of calves assembled.
Then all the boys began to sport in the forest in a greatly playful
spirit.

PURPORT

In this verse the words krsna-vatsair asarikhyataih are significant.
The word asarnikhydta means “unlimited.” Krsna’s calves were un-
limited. We may speak of hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands,
hundreds of thousands, millions, billions, trillions, tens of trillions, and
so on, but when we go further to speak of numbers impossible for us to
count, we are speaking of unlimited numbers. Such unlimited numbers
are indicated here by the word asarikhydtaih. Krsna is unlimited, His po-
tency is unlimited, His cows and calves are unlimited, and His space is
unlimited. Therefore He is described in Bhagavad-gita as Parabrahman.
The word brahman means “unlimited,” and Krsna is the Supreme Un-
limited, Parabrahman. Therefore, we should not consider the statements
of this verse to be mythological. They are factual, but inconceivable.
Krsna can accommodate an unlimited number of calves and an unlimited
measurement of space. This is neither mythological nor false, but if we
study Krgna’s potency with our limited knowledge, that potency will
never be possible to understand. Atah ésri-krsna-nadmaddi na bhaved
grahyam indriyaih (Bhakti-rasémrta-sindhu 1.2.109). Our senses can-
not perceive how He could keep an unlimited number of calves and cows
and have unlimited space in which to do so. But this is answered in the
Brhad-bhagavatamrta:
