Text 13] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 13
TEXT 13
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Perroarareat Feral Te ATATA 2 3
tan drstva bhaya-santrastan
tice krsno ’sya bhi-bhayam
mitrany dsan ma viramate-
hanesye vatsakan aham

tan—that those calves were going away; drstvd—seeing; bhaya-
santrastan—to the cowherd boys, who were disturbed by fear that within
the dense forest the calves would be attacked by some ferocious animals;
tice—Krsna said; krsnah asya bhi-bhayam—Krsna, who is Himself the
fearful element of all kinds of fear (when Krsna is present, there is no
fear); mitrani—My dear friends; ds4t—from your enjoyment of eating;
ma viramata—do not stop; iha—in this place, in this spot; dnesye—I
shall bring back; vatsakan—the calves; aham—I.

TRANSLATION

When Krsna saw that His friends the cowherd boys were
frightened, He, the fierce controller even of fear itself, said, just to
mitigate their fear, ‘My dear friends, do not stop eating. I shall
bring your calves back to this spot by personally going after them
Myself.”

PURPORT .

In the presence of Krsna’s friendship, a devotee cannot have any fear.
Krsna is the supreme controller, the controller of even death, which is
supposed to be the ultimate fear in this material world. Bhayam
dvitiyabhinivesatah syat (Bhag. 11.2.37). This fear arises because of
lack of Krsna consciousness; otherwise there cannot be any fear. For one
who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna, this material world of
fear becomes hardly dangerous at all.

bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam
