16 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
cowherd boys taking care of the calves; nitua—bringing them; anya-
tra—to a different place; kuriidvaha—O Maharaja Pariksit; antara-
dadhat—kept hidden and invisible for some time; khe avasthitah
yah—this person Brahma, who was situated in the higher planetary
system in the sky; purd—formerly; drstva—was observing; aghdsura-
moksanam—the wonderful killing and deliverance of Aghasura from
material tribulation; prabhavatah—of the all-potent Supreme Person;
praptah param vismayam—had become extremely astonished.
: TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, Brahma, who resides in the higher plan-
etary system in the sky, had observed the activities of the most
powerful Krsna in killing and delivering Aghasura, and he was
astonished. Now that same Brahma wanted to show some of his
own power and see the power of Krsna, who was engaged in His
childhood pastimes, playing as if with ordinary cowherd boys.
Therefore, in Krsna’s absence, Brahma took all the boys and calves
to another place. Thus he became entangled, for in the very near
future he would see how powerful Krsna was.

PURPORT

When Aghasura was being killed by Krsna, who was accompanied by
His associates, Brahma was astonished, but when he saw that Krsna was
very much enjoying His pastimes of lunch, he was even more astonished
and wanted to test whether Krsna was actually there. Thus he became
entangled in Krsna’s maya. After all, Brahma was born materially. As
mentioned here, ambhojanma-janih: he was born of ambhgja, a lotus
flower. It does not matter that he was born of a lotus and not of any man,
animal or material father. A lotus is also material, and anyone born
through the material energy must be subject to the four material
deficiencies: bhrama (the tendency to commit mistakes), pramdda (the
tendency to be illusioned), vipralipsa (the tendency to cheat) and kara-
ndp4tava (imperfect senses). Thus Brahma also became entangled.

Brahma, with his maya, wanted to test whether Krsna was actually
present. These cowherd boys were but expansions of Krsna’s personal
self (Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih). Later Krsna would show
Brahma how He expands Himself into everything as His personal
