Text 4] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 5

briiyuh snigdhasya Sisyasya
guravo guhyam apy uta

Srnusva—please hear; avahitah—with great attention; rajan—O
King (Maharaja Pariksit); api—although; guhyam—very confidential
(because ordinary men cannot understand the activities of Krsna);
vadami—I shall explain; te—unto you; briiyuh—explain; snigdhasya—
submissive; Sisyasya—of a disciple; guravah—spiritual masters; guh-
yam—very confidential; api uta—even so.

TRANSLATION

O King, kindly hear me with great attention. Although the ac-
tivities of the Supreme Lord are very confidential, no ordinary
man being able to understand them, I shall speak about them
to you, for spiritual masters explain to a submissive disciple
even subject matters that are very confidential and difficult to
understand.

TEXT 4
TMAATATASAN TAT ARAN |
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tathagha-vadandn mrtyo
raksitva vatsa-pdlakan

sarit-pulinam aniya
bhagavan idam abravit

tatha—thereafter; agha-vadandt—from the mouth of Aghasura;
mrtyoh—death personified; raksitvaé—after saving; vatsa-pdlakan—all
the cowherd boys and calves; sarit-pulinam—to the bank of the river;
Gniya—bringing them; bhagavaén—the Supreme Personality of God-
head, Krsna; idam—these words; abravit—spoke.

TRANSLATION

Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of
Aghasura, who was death personified, Lord Krsna, the Supreme
