84 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 2
PURPORT
If anyone wants to enjoy the childhood pastimes of the Lord, then he
has to follow in the footsteps of the residents of Vrajavasi like Nanda,
Upananda and other parental inhabitants. A child may insist on having
something and cry like anything to get it, disturbing the whole neighbor-
hood, and then immediately after achieving the desired thing, he laughs.
Such crying and laughing is enjoyable to the parents and elderly members
of the family, so the Lord would simultaneously cry and laugh in this way
and merge His devotee parents in the humor of transcendental pleasure.
These incidents are enjoyable only by the residents of Vraja like Nanda
Maharaja, and not by the impersonalist worshipers of Brahman or
Paramatma. Sometimes when He was attacked in the forest by demons,
Krsna would appear struck with wonder, but He looked on them like the
cub of a lion and killed them. His childhood companions would also be
struck with wonder, and when they came back home they would narrate
the story to their parents, and everyone would appreciate the qualities of
their Krsna. Child Krsna did not belong only to His parents, Nanda and
Yasoda, but He was the son of all the elderly inhabitants of Vrndavana
and the friend of all contemporary boys and girls. Everyone loved Krgna;
He was the life and soul of everyone, including the animals, the cows and
the calves.
TEXT 29
@ Og ata sera frat fas |
SCC CU MEIC EMCO MIELE
sa eva go-dhanam laksmya
niketam sita-go-vrsam
carayann anugan gopan
ranad-venur ariramat
sah—He (Lord Krgna); eva—certainly ; go-dhanam—the treasure of cows;
laksmyah—by opulence; niketam—reservoir; sita-go-vrsam—beautiful cows
and bulls; carayan—herding; anugan—the followers; gopan—cowherd boys;
ranat—blowing; venuh—flute; ariramat—enlivened.
TRANSLATION
While herding the very beautiful bulls, the Lord, who was the reservoir
of all opulence and fortune, used to blow His flute, and thus He enlivened
His faithful followers, the cowherd boys.
