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These relations of the cows and the gopīs with their calves and boys remained unchanged, although actually Actually the cows’ affection for their calves and the elder gopīs’ affection for their boys causelessly Although the cows and elder gopīs of Vṛndāvana had greater affection for Kṛṣṇa than for their own offspring after this incident their affection for their offspring increased unlimitedly, exactly as it did for Kṛṣṇa For one year continuously, Kṛṣṇa Himself expanded as the calves and cowherd boys and was present in the

Therefore not only did Lord Kṛṣṇa give Yaśodā the chance to feed Him, but this time He gave the chance to all the other elder gopīs.

Balarāma inquired from Kṛṣṇa about the actual situation. He said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, in the beginning I thought that all these calves and cowherd boys were either At the request of Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa briefly explained the whole situation: how the calves and boys had been stolen by Brahmā and how Kṛṣṇa was concealing the incident by expanding Himself so people would

of a devotee to constantly apply his mind, energy, words, ears, etc., in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa This is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and for one who is rapt in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa, the

the boys and calves in their individual capacities, and surrounded by such expansions of Himself, Kṛṣṇa

After this manifestation of Lord Viṣṇu, Brahmā saw that many other Brahmās and Śivas and demigods and even insignificant living entities down to the ants and very small straws – all moving and nonmoving Their dancing was accompanied by various kinds of music, and all of them were worshiping Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu, Brahmā also realized, is the reservoir of all truth, knowledge and bliss. He is the combination of three transcendental features, namely eternity, knowledge and bliss, and He

that all those calves and boys were not the original ones, the calves and boys who were playing with Kṛṣṇa spell of Brahmā’s mystic power, but the present ones, seen by Brahmā, were all immediate expansions of Kṛṣṇa Viṣṇu is the expansion of Kṛṣṇa, so the Viṣṇu forms appeared before Brahmā.

On hearing this proposal from Kṛṣṇa, all the boys became very glad and said, “Certainly, let us all sit Sitting down on the ground and keeping Kṛṣṇa in the center, they began to open their lunch boxes brought Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was seated in the center of the circle, and all the boys kept their faces toward Him. While taking lunch, each boy began to manifest different kinds of relations with Kṛṣṇa, and they enjoyed While Lord Kṛṣṇa was thus enjoying lunch with His friends, His flute was pushed within the belt of His

although each boy, being an individual soul, had entirely different tastes, activities and behavior, Kṛṣṇa This was possible because everything is an expansion of Kṛṣṇa’s energy.

all the residents of Vṛndāvana so affectionate to their own children, exactly as they had been to Kṛṣṇa Similarly, the cows had grown affectionate to the calves – as much as to Kṛṣṇa. He concluded that this mystical change must have been caused by Kṛṣṇa, whom Balarāma considered His worshipable He thought, “It was arranged by Kṛṣṇa, and even I could not check its mystic power.” Thus Balarāma understood that all those boys and calves were only expansions of Kṛṣṇa.

Older cows are taken care of by the men, and the calves are taken care of by the boys; and as far as Baffled by their failure, they were feeling ashamed and angry. At once their anger, dissatisfaction and unhappiness disappeared. arms and embraced them. They began to smell their children’s heads and enjoy their company with great happiness.

After saving His friends from the mouth of Aghāsura and killing the demon, Lord Kṛṣṇa brought His friends

But the forms which Kṛṣṇa assumed were each and every one full Viṣṇu.

He was surprised how a little boy like Kṛṣṇa could act so wonderfully. Lord Kṛṣṇa, therefore, in spite of searching for the calves, could not find them, and He even lost His In the form of a cowherd boy, Lord Kṛṣṇa was very little in comparison to Brahmā, but because He is the Kṛṣṇa thought, “Brahmā has taken away all the boys and calves. How can I alone return to Vṛndāvana?

the calves were not nearby, they became afraid for their safety, and they immediately cried out, “Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa is the killer of fear personified. Everyone is afraid of fear personified, but fear personified is afraid of Kṛṣṇa. By crying out the word “Kṛṣṇa,” the boys at once transcended the fearful situation. Out of His great affection, Kṛṣṇa did not want His friends to give up their pleasing lunch engagement

because the complexion of Brahmā is golden, he appeared to be like a golden stick lying down before Lord Kṛṣṇa All the four helmets on the heads of Brahmā touched the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Brahmā, being very joyful, began to shed tears, and he washed the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa with his tears.

One day, a few days before a year had passed, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were maintaining the calves in the forest

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the thirteenth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Stealing of the Boys and

Kṛṣṇa took compassion upon Brahmā because of his inability to see how Kṛṣṇa was displaying the forms demigods, and yet he could not comprehend the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore Kṛṣṇa

When Brahmā was relieved from his perplexity, he appeared to awaken from an almost dead state, and he In the forest of Vṛndāvana, even ferocious animals like tigers live peacefully along with the deer and the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vṛndāvana is transcendental to all other places and is free of lust and greed.