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
AMAIA THAT ATTA TAT |
akg «=| aateaaratd 18 I
tathagha-vadandn mrtyo
raksitva vatsa-palakan
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
