Text 28] Remembrance of Lord Krsna 83

While playing like a small child with His associates, the Lord killed
many demons, including Aghasura, Bakasura, Pralambasura and
Gardabhasura. Although He appeared at Vrndavana just as a boy, He was
actually like the covered flames of a fire. As a small particle of fire can
kindle a great fire with fuel, so the Lord killed all these great demons,
beginning from His babyhood in the house of Nanda Maharaja. The land
of Vrndavana, the Lord’s childhood playground, still remains today, and
anyone who visits these places enjoys the same transcendental bliss,
although the Lord is not physically visible to our imperfect eyes. Lord
Caitanya recommended this land of the Lord as identical with the Lord
and therefore worshipable by the devotees. This instruction is taken up
especially by the followers of Lord Caitanya known as the Gaudiya
Vaisnavas. And because the land is identical with the Lord, devotees like
Uddhava and Vidura therefore visited these places five thousand years
ago in order to have direct contact with the Lord, visible or not visible.
Thousands of devotees of the Lord are still wandering in these sacred
places of Vrndavana, and all of them are preparing themselves to go back
home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 28
Sant adder Tavitat asteanq |
BR RAATITIafaeaaNeA? IRI
kaumarim darsayams cestarm
preksaniyam vrajaukasam
rudann iva hasan mugdhe-
bala-simhavalokanah

kaumarim—just suitable to childhood; darsayan—used to show; cestam—
activities; preksaniyam—worthy to be seen; vraja-okasam—by the inhabi-
tants of the land of Vrndavana; rudan—crying; iva—just like; hasan—
laughing; mugdha—struck with wonder; bala-simha—lion cub; avalokanah—
looking like that.

TRANSLATION

When the Lord displayed His activities just suitable for childhood, He
was only visible to the residents of Vrndavana. Sometimes He would cry
and sometimes laugh, just like a child, and while so doing He would
appear like a lion cub.
