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When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma entered the village of Vṛndāvana along with Their friends, They played Their Both He and Balarāma played Their flutes, and the young gopīs were joyous to see Kṛṣṇa returning home All the gopīs in Vṛndāvana remained very morose on account of Kṛṣṇa’s absence. When Kṛṣṇa entered the village, the young gopīs smiled and laughed. Kṛṣṇa, while playing the flute, enjoyed the beautiful smiling faces of the gopīs.

In this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma began to enjoy the residents of Vṛndāvana to Their full satisfaction In some places Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were accompanied by Their friends. The boys were singing, imitating the humming sound of the drones and accompanying Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, sound of the swans in the lakes, or when they saw the peacocks dancing, they imitated them before Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa also moved His neck, imitating the dancing and making His friends laugh.

The cows taken care of by Kṛṣṇa had different names, and Kṛṣṇa would call them with love. After hearing Kṛṣṇa calling, the cows would immediately respond by mooing, and the boys would enjoy this see the weaker animals fleeing out of fear of the sounds of tigers and lions, the boys, along with Kṛṣṇa And sometimes Kṛṣṇa would take a palm fan and fan the body of Balarāma, causing a pleasing breeze to When the boys were thus engaged, Kṛṣṇa would immediately join them, and catching their hands, He would

Just by chanting or hearing these transcendental activities and pastimes of the brothers Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma

Accompanied by the cowherd boys and Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa brought forward the cows and played on His flute Kṛṣṇa, with His friends and Balarāma, entered the forest and, seeing the favorable situation, desired Kṛṣṇa saw all the trees, overloaded with fruits and fresh twigs, bending down to touch the ground as

trees, all the friends and associates of Dhenukāsura immediately assembled and attacked Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa But Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma caught each of the asses by the hind legs and, exactly in the same way, wheeled Hearing of this great incident, the demigods from the higher planets showered flowers on Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma

Then Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were immediately received by Their affectionate mothers, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, who Kṛṣṇa was dressed in yellowish garments, and Balarāma was dressed in bluish garments, and They were given

Sometimes Kṛṣṇa used to go with His boyfriends and Balarāma, and sometimes He used to go alone with His

Above all, the damsels of Vraja, the gopīs, are the most glorious because You embrace them with Your

Then Kṛṣṇa, who is the life of all that lives, simply cast His merciful glance over them, and all the understand that by drinking the water of the Yamunā they had died and that the merciful glance of Kṛṣṇa Thus they appreciated the mystic power of Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Yogeśvara, the master of all mystic

In this way, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma used to enjoy Vṛndāvana life as cowherd boys.

In this way Śrī Kṛṣṇa, along with His elder brother Balarāma, passed the childhood age known as kaumāra Given charge of the cows, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma traversed Vṛndāvana, purifying the land with Their lotus

When Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were thus petitioned by Their intimate friends, They were inclined to please

While Kṛṣṇa was thus engaged in His transcendental pastimes, exhibiting His internal potency in the company His most intimate friends Śrīdāmā, Subala and Stoka-kṛṣṇa addressed Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma with great love Dear Kṛṣṇa, You are very expert in killing all kinds of disturbing demons. Dear Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, this demon is present there in the form of an ass, and he is surrounded by similar Dear Kṛṣṇa, to tell You frankly, we are very attracted by this sweet aroma.

The deer, whose behavior is just like that of the gopīs, are welcoming You with the same affection.

Kṛṣṇa then spoke to His elder brother Balarāma as follows: “My dear brother, You are superior to all

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the fifteenth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Killing of Dhenukāsura.”