Text 11] The Killing of the Demon Aghasura 275

them; nrtyantah ca—and dancing with; kalépibhih—with the peacocks;
vikarsantah—attracting; kisa-balan—the young monkeys; drohantah
ca—gliding over; taih—with the monkeys; druman—the trees; vikur-
vantah ca—exactly imitating them; taih—with the monkeys; sékam—
along with; plavantah ca—gliding over; palasisu—on the trees;
sdkam—along with; bhekaih—with the frogs; vilaighantah—jumping
like them; saritah—the water; srava-samplutah—became wet in the
water of the river; vihasantah—laughing; praticchayah—at the
shadows; Sapantah ca—condemned; pratisvandn—the sound of their
echoes; ittham—in this way; satam—of the transcendentalists; brahma-
sukha-anubhitya—with Krsna, the source of brahma-sukha (Krsna is
Parabrahman, and from Him originates His personal effulgence);
désyam—servitorship; gatandm—of the devotees who have accepted;
para-daivatena—with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mdya-
Gsritanadm—for those in the clutches of material energy; nara-
dérakena—with Him who is like an ordinary child; sékam—along with;
vijahruh—enjoyed; krta-punya-punjah—all these boys, who had ac-
cumulated the results of life after life of pious activities.

TRANSLATION

All the boys would be differently engaged. Some boys blew their
flutes, and others blew bugles made of horn. Some imitated the
buzzing of the bumblebees, and others imitated the voice of the
cuckoo. Some boys imitated flying birds by running after the
birds’ shadows on the ground, some imitated the beautiful move-
ments and attractive postures of the swans, some sat down with the
ducks, sitting silently, and others imitated the dancing of the
peacocks. Some boys attracted young monkeys in the trees, some
jumped into the trees, imitating the monkeys, some made faces as
the monkeys were accustomed to do, and others jumped from one
branch to another. Some boys went to the waterfalls and crossed
over the river, jumping with the frogs, and when they saw their
own reflections on the water they would laugh. They would also
condemn the sounds of their own echoes. In this way, all the
cowherd boys used to play with Krsna, who is the source of the
Brahman effulgence for jiianis desiring to merge into that
effulgence, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead for
