Text 7] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 7

the time of the Vaisnava dcdryas three or four hundred years ago. Kijat-
kokila-hamsa-sérasa-ganakime mayirakule. Vrndavana forest is always
filled with the chirping and cooing of birds like cuckoos (kokila),
ducks (harmsa) and cranes (sdrasa), and it is also full of peacocks
(mayirdakule). The same sounds and atmosphere still prevail in the area
where our Krsna-Balarama temple is situated. Everyone who visits this
temple is pleased to hear the chirping of the birds as described here (kii-
jat-kokila-harnsa-sarasa).

TEXT 6
AA AiMeTAAe aes gatea: |
TA TAMAST: Tea AT TARETNY 111

atra bhoktavyam asmabhir
divaridham ksudharditah

vatsah samipe ‘pah pitva
carantu Sanakais trnam

atra—here, on this spot; bhoktavyam—our lunch should be eaten;
asmabhih—by us; diva-driidham—it is very late now; ksudha
arditah—we are fatigued with hunger; vatsah—the calves; samipe—
nearby; apah—water; pitud—after drinking; carantu—let them eat;
Sanakaih—slowly; trnam—the grasses.

TRANSLATION

I think we should take our lunch here, since we are already hun-
gry because the time is very late. Here the calves may drink water
and go slowly here and there and eat the grass.

TEXT 7

Aaa WAKA TATATST ATES |
BIA HHI TAS: AA ATTA BT I 9 II

tatheti payayitvarbha
vatsdn drudhya sddvale
