Text 23] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 25

Krsna by embracing Him and feeding Him, and Krsna tasted their breast
milk to be just like a nectarean beverage. While thus bewildering
Brahma, He enjoyed the special transcendental pleasure created by
yogamaya between all the other mothers and Himself.

TEXT 23

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tato nrponmardana-majja-lepana-
lankdra-raksa-tilakasanadibhih

samlalitah svacaritaih praharsayan
sdyam gato yama-yamena mddhavah

tatah—thereafter; nrpa—O King (Maharaja Pariksit); unmardana—
by massaging them with oil; majja—by bathing; lepana—by smearing
the body with oil and sandalwood pulp; alankdra—by decorating with
ornaments; raksé—by chanting protective mantras; tilaka—by decorat-
ing the body with tilaka marks in twelve places; asana-ddibhih—and by
feeding them sumptuously; samldlitah—in this way cared for by the
mothers; sva-dcaritaih—by their characteristic behavior; praharsa-
yan—making the mothers very much pleased; sdyam—evening;
gatah—arrived; yama-yamena—as the time of each activity passéd;

madhavah—Lord Krsna.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, O Maharaja Pariksit, as required according to the
scheduled round of His pastimes, Krsna returned in the evening,
entered the house of each of the cowherd boys, and engaged ex-
actly like the former boys, thus enlivening their mothers with
transcendental pleasure. The mothers took care of the boys by
massaging them with oil, bathing them, smearing their bodies with
sandalwood pulp, decorating them with ornaments, chanting
