|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 167 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 18

Naham Bhakshithavan Amba  Sarve Midhyabhishamsina: | Yadhi Sathyagirastharhi Samaksham Pashyame Mukham|| Yadhyevam  Tharhi Vyadhehithyuktha: Sa Bhagavan Hari: | Vyadhaththavyahathaishwarya: Kreedamanuja Balaka: ||

The two little beautiful children, Balaram and Krishna began to walk, adorned in various precious ornaments all over the body that produce jingling noises, looking at their mothers, smiling at them affectionately, the two mothers were watching in awe, seeing their children keeping baby steps and they felt extremely proud.  Slowly the children started moving  all over the courtyard and huge cow shed covered their body in dust and cow dung, mothers did not bother about the appearance of  their children, whenever they see their children affectionately,  their bosom starts overflowing with milk, they immediately carry their children and feed with extreme pleasure.  The children of cowherds run behind the two lovely children to get hold of them, but these two would rush behind their mothers and take shelter in them.  In this way, these two lovely children raptured the attention of the entire people of Vraja.  They started running behind the calves and cows holding their tails, Devi Yasodha had to run behind them and get hold of the children, the children have started running behind all the animals in the Vraja holding their tails, Devi Yasodha is extremely worried about the safety of the children.  The little Krishna became too uncontrollable, he unfastens the cows and calves and force them to leave the shed without the knowledge of his parents and repeated the same in the house of cowherds of Vraja, when they run behind the cows and calves, he claps loudly and watching them. The little Krishna with a group of children of cowherds began to steal butter, curd, and milk from the homes of villagers, when they get hold of him, would manage the situation with his foolish answers.  The people of Vraja were tired of protecting curd, milk, and butter in their homes, so they have started hanging the mud pot of curd and butter on the roof with the hope that children cannot reach.  The little Krishna throws stones aiming at the mud pot and gets all that stored in his mouth.  Once, he was caught in hand by a cowherd while stealing the curd, was spew out the curd all over her face and ran out of her home. In this way, he performed various childhood pranks upon the young maiden of cowherds; they were tired of complaining about the children to Devi Yasodha who flatly refused all the complaints.  Little Krishna found that the cowherds began to store their curd, milk, and butter hanging on the roof, he cleverly moves the grinding stone under the hanging mud pot and began to steal, sometimes break the mud pot and leave their homes.  The cowherds were tired of protecting dairy products and mud pots from the children, they frequently complain to Devi Yasodha who questions her child, would get back funny answers in reply that the entire cowherds are liars, further he manipulate Devi Yasodha with his beautiful smile and childish answers.  In this way, Krishna continued stealing the butter, curd, and milk from the houses of cowherds, gradually he was stealing their hearts as well.  Later, they began to wait for the little child of Yasodha to come home and steal their dairy products, to get an eyeful of his lovely appearance, they truly forgot all their worries and troubles of life seeing the mischief of lovely Krishna, in this way he has become inseparable part from their lives. They eagerly wait for the little Krishna to visit their homes, and considered his visits as the blessing of Lord.