Text 16] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 17

pleasure, Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa. Hlddini saktir asmat: Krsna has a tran-
scendental potency called hladini sakti. He does not enjoy anything that
is a product of the material energy. Brahma, therefore, would see Lord
Krsna expand His energy.

Brahma wanted to take away Krsna’s associates, but instead he took
away some other boys and calves. Ravana wanted to take away Sita, but
that was impossible, and instead he took away a maya Sita. Similarly,
Brahma took away maydrbhakah: boys manifested by Krsna’s mayd.
Brahma could show some extraordinary opulence to the mayarbhakah;
but he could not show any extraordinary potency to Krsna’s associates.
That he would see in the very near future. Maydrbhakasya isituh. This
bewilderment, this mdyd, was caused by the supreme controller,
prabhavatah—the all-potent Supreme Person, Krsna—and we shall see
the result. Anyone materially born is subject to bewilderment. This
pastime is therefore called brahma-vimohana-lila, the pastime of
bewildering Brahma. Mohitam nabhijanati mdm ebhyah param avya-
yam (Bg. 7.13). Materially born persons cannot fully understand Krsna.
Even the demigods cannot understand Him (muhyanti yat sirayah).
Tene brahma hrda ya Gdi-kavaye (Bhég. 1.1.1). Everyone, from Brahma

down to the small insect, must take lessons from Krsna.

TEXT 16

Ta AMATI Foash a aT |
saTay ay Hout APrara aAeda: 112

tato vatsdn adrstvaitya
puline ’pi ca vatsapan

ubhav api vane krsno
vicikdya samantatah

tatah—thereafter; vatsdn—the calves; adrstvad—not seeing there
within the forest; etya—after; puline api—to the bank of the Yamuna;
ca—also; vatsapdn—could not see the cowherd boys; ubhau api—both
of them (the calves and the cowherd boys); vane—within the forest;
krsnah—Lord Krsna; vicikdya—searched all over; samantatah—here
and there.
