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Chapter – 175 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 26

The people of the entire Gokulam got ready themselves in their own bullock cart, Balarama and Krishna seated with Devi Rohini and Devi Yasodha in a bullock cart.  The children of cowherds were singing and dancing to the tune of music played by Krishna on his flute, in this way they merrily preceded to Vrindavan.  They did not realize any hardships throughout their entire journey.

Years have passed, once; Krishna expressed his desire to his father, to take the cow and calves for grazing so that he can be with the children of cowherds playing in the woods.  Devi Yasodha worried and put off his idea saying that it won’t be an easy task for her little child, the pathways are too harsh filled with stones, and thorny bushes, it would hurt him.  Krishna enthusiastically explained to his mother that they are born as cowherds, it is the duty of them to take care of cows and calves, and all the children of cowherds are busy with taking care of the cows, so he also should go ahead with the same task.  He promised her that he will put himself in any trouble, would enjoy the company of children of cowherds.  Thus, Devi Yasodha agreed to send him to graze the cows.  It has become a practice on regular basis that Balarama and Krishna would be given a bath by Devi Rohini and Devi Yasodha, before sending the children to grazing the cows, the children will be decorated with various precious ornaments and pearl all over the body beautifully tied the curly hair locks on the top of the head and decorated with the feather of peacock, adorned in an armlet, bangles, ear ornaments, pearl ornaments on the neck and chest, dressed in yellow silk garment, flute on one hand and stick on the other, forehead is decorated with sandal paste and vermilion, the eyes are decorated with Kajal,  Krishna, and Balarama followed by the children of cowherds merrily would walk through the pathways of Vrindavan, dancing and singing, the entire people of Vrindavan and Devi Yasodha and Devi Rohini look at the children without even blinking their eyes.  In this way, Krishna took great pleasure in the company of the children, playing melodious music on the flute, passing humors and laughing with them, playing with the calves or monkeys, in this way Krishna engages in various amusements.

Once Krishna was playing on the riverbank of Yamuna with the children of cowherds, suddenly a demon appeared in the form of a calf and joined with the herds of the cow.  Krishna immediately understood the calf is not from their herd, so he informed Balaram with the gesture of eyes.  He took hold of the two legs of the calf and tossed the demon Vathsaka in the air. In this way, he provided liberation to the demon Vasthsasura.

The Vathsasura/calf /Pashubuddhi  is called a person who concentrates only on the outer world/extrovert and believes everything happening before his eyes are true, without the knowledge that the supreme soul/Bhramam is the source of the function of  Indhriyas.  Lord Krishna liberated the Vathsaka who was soaked in the ignorance with the knowledge of outward pleasures was freed with the touch of Krishna, eventually, Vasthsaka understood the presence of the Supreme Lord as his soul who is the source of the function of mind and intellect, Karma Indriyas, and Gnanendhriyas.  The deities showered flowers upon Lord Krishna.