Text 35] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 35

TEXT 35
ATA Wa: WALA |

FRAT ITAA TT ATT, RI

vrajasya ramah premardher
viksyautkanthyam anuksanam

mukta-stanesv apatyesv apy
ahetu-vid acintayat

vrajasya—of the herd of cows; ramah—Balarama; prema-rdheh—
because of an increase of affection; viksya—after observing; aut-
kanthyam—attachment; anu-ksanam—constantly; mukta-stanesu—
who had grown up and were no longer drawing milk from their mothers;
apatyesu—in regard to those calves; api—even; ahetu-vit—not under-
standing the reason; acintayat—began to consider as follows.

TRANSLATION

Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attach-
ment even to those calves that were grown up and had stopped
sucking milk from their mothers. When Baladeva saw this attach-
ment, He was unable to understand the reason for it, and thus He
began to consider as follows.

PURPORT

The cows had younger calves who had started sucking milk from their
mothers, and some of the cows had newly given birth, but now, because
of love, the cows enthusiastically showed their affection for the older
calves, which had left off milking. These calves were grown up, but still
the mothers wanted to feed them. Therefore Balarama was a little
surprised, and He wanted to inquire from Krsna about the reason for
their behavior. The mothers were actually more anxious to feed the older
calves, although the new calves were present, because the older calves
were expansions of Krsna. These surprising events were taking place by
the manipulation of yogamdayd. There are two mayds working under the
direction of Krsna— mahdmayé, the energy of the material world, and
yogamaya, the energy of the spiritual world. These uncommon events
were taking place because of the influence of yogamdaya. From the very
