Text 39] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 39
sarvam prthak tvam nigamat katham vadety
uktena vrttam prabhuna balo ’vait

na—not; ete—these boys; sura-isah—the best of the demigods;
rsayah—great sages; na—not; ca—and; ete—these calves; tvam— You
(Krsna); eva—alone; bhdsi—are manifesting; isa—O supreme con-
troller; bhit-asraye—in the existence of varieties of difference; api—
even; sarvam—everything; prthak—existing; tvam—You (Krsna);
nigamat—briefly; katham—how; vada—please explain; iti—thus; uk-
tena—having been requested (by Baladeva); vrttam—the situation;
prabhund— (having been explained) by Lord Krsna; balah—Baladeva;
avait—understood.

TRANSLATION

Lord Baladeva said, ‘‘O supreme controller! These boys are not
great demigods, as I previously thought. Nor are these calves great
sages like Narada. Now I can see that You alone are manifesting
Yourself in all varieties of difference. Although one, You are exist-
ing in the different forms of the calves and boys. Please briefly ex-
plain this to Me.” Having thus been requested by Lord Baladeva,
Krsna explained the whole situation, and Baladeva understood it.

PURPORT ,

Inquiring from Krsna about the actual situation, Lord Balarama said,
““My dear Krsna, in the beginning I thought that all these cows, calves
and cowherd boys were either great sages and saintly persons or demi-
gods, but at the present it appears that they are actually Your expansions.
They are all You; You Yourself are playing as the calves and cows and
boys. What is the mystery of this situation? Where have those other
calves and cows and boys gone? And why are You expanding Yourself as
the cows, calves and boys? Will You kindly tell Me what is the cause?”
At the request of Balarama, Krsna briefly explained the whole situation:
how the calves and boys were stolen by Brahma and how He was conceal-
ing the incident by expanding Himself so that people would not know
that the original cows, calves and boys were missing. Balarama under-
stood, therefore, that this was not maya but Krsna’s opulence. Krsna has
all opulences, and this was but another opulence of Krsna.

“At first,” Lord Balarama said, “I thought that these boys and calves
