Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10

(1) S'rî S'uka said: 'When They [Râma and Krishna] in Vraja attained the age of boyhood [six to ten years old], the two who rendered Vrindâvana most pleasurable with Their footprints, were old enough to be cowherds. Together with Their friends They thereupon were commissioned to tend the cows [*]. (2) Mâdhava ['the Sweet Lord'], eager to play, surrounded by the gopas who were chanting His fame, sounding His flute and keeping the animals together with Balarâma in front of Him, entered the forest that had many flowers and a lot of nourishment for the cows. (3) The most enchanting forest was filled with the sounds of bees, animals and birds. There was a lake with water as clear as the minds of the great [sages], and it had a fragrance, originating from hundred-petalled lotuses, that was carried by the wind. When the Supreme Lord saw this He decided to play there. (4) The moment the Original Personality saw the beauty everywhere of the stately trees that with the tips of their branches touched His feet with their heavy load of fruits, flowers and reddish buds, He joyfully, almost laughing, spoke to His elder brother. (5) The Supreme Lord said: 'Oh Best of the Gods, these trees at Your lotus feet that are worshiped by the demigods, with their heads bowing down are presenting offerings of flowers and fruits to put an end to the ignorance because of which they were born in their form. (6) Oh Original Personality, these bees, following You, as the most intimate great sages among Your devotees, do - despite Your hiding in the forest - not abandon You as their personal deity, oh Sinless One, while singing their worship of You, the place of pilgrimage for all the worlds! (7) These peacocks, oh Worshipable One, are dancing with joy. These doe are pleasing You with their glances as if they were the gopîs, and the cuckoos do Vedic prayers. They, as residents of the forest being blessed with such a saintly nature, are all fortunate to see You now arriving at their place. (8) Blessed today are this earth, her grasses and bushes, that receive the touch of Your feet. Blessed are the trees and creepers struck by Your fingernails. The rivers, mountains, birds and animals are blessed with the mercy of Your glances, and blessed are the gopîs in Your arms that are constantly craved by the Goddess of Fortune.'

(9) S'rî S'uka said: 'Lord Krishna this way being satisfied by all of Vrindâvana's beauty, took delight in pasturing together with His companions the animals on the river banks at the foot of the mountain [Govardhana]. (10-12) Sometimes, when His companions together with Balarâma on their way sang about His glories, He sang along with the humming bees that were blind under His influence. He sometimes imitated the chattering broken speech of the parrots, and then cuckooed with the charming cuckooing of the cuckoos. Sometimes He cooed along with the swans, and sometimes He danced hilariously in front of a peacock. With a voice [rumbling] like the clouds He sometimes affectionately called the animals, which had wandered off, by their names, and spoke endearingly with the cows and their protectors. (13) He cried out in imitation of the cakora birds, the curlews, the ruddy geese, the skylarks and the peacocks, and then again acted with the smaller creatures as if [also] He was afraid of the tigers and lions. (14) Sometimes, when His elder brother being tired of playing used the lap of a gopa for a pillow, He would personally relieve Him by massaging His feet and performing other services.

(15) When the cowherd boys so now and then danced, sang, moved about and wrestled, They stood hand in hand laughing and praised them. (16) At times, when He was tired of the wrestling, He sought His refuge at the foot of a tree to lie on a bed of twigs and leaves, and use the lap of a gopa for a pillow. (17) Some of them, who were all great souls, massaged His feet while others, free from all sin, fanned Him nicely with fans. (18) Others befitting the occasion, oh great King, would sing [songs] reflecting the spirit of the Great Soul, while their hearts slowly melted of love. (19) He in His activities pretending to be a cowherd, concealed His personal opulence with the help of His mystic potency. He whose tender feet are served by the Goddess of Fortune, enjoyed like a villager with the villagers, even though He with His heroic deeds had proven Himself to be the Master and Controller.

(20) The gopa S'rîdâmâ, a friend of Râma and Kes'ava, together with others like Subala and Stokakrishna [one day] lovingly said the following: (21) 'Râma, oh Râma, oh Mighty-armed One, oh Krishna, Destroyer of the Wicked Ones, not far away from here there is a very great forest full of palm trees [called Tâlavana]. (22) Many fruits there have fallen from the trees, but they are checked by Dhenuka, the evil one. (23) Oh Râma, oh Krishna, he is a very powerful demon who has assumed the form of an ass, and he is surrounded by other companions that are as strong as he is. (24) He has killed human beings and eaten them, everyone is afraid to go there, oh Killer of the Enemies. All kinds of animals and flocks of birds have abandoned the place. (25) There are fragrant fruits we have never tasted. The aroma they spread is noticed everywhere. (26) Please, oh Krishna, give them to us whose hearts are craving because of the fragrance. The desire is so strong, oh Râma, let us go there, if You consider it a good idea.'

(27) Having heard these words from Their friends, the two masters laughed and, wishing to please Their comrades, went to the Tâlavana forest surrounded by the gopas [compare 3.28: 31-33]. (28) Balarâma having arrived there, employed His great strength and shook like a mad elephant with His two arms the trees to all sides, so that the fruits fell down. (29) When he heard the fruits falling the donkey demon ran hither with a heavy gallop that made the earth and the trees tremble. (30) Meeting Him, the powerful demon struck Balarâma's chest quickly with his two hind legs and then ran about producing an ugly ass bray. (31) The furious, screaming beast approached Him again and angrily hurled with his back turned forward, his two legs at Balarâma, oh King. (32) [But] He seized him by the hooves, whirled him around with one hand and threw him, [being dashed against a palmyra] with his life spun out of him, in the top of a palm tree. (33) The big palm tree shook heavily with its large crown because of that blow and next broke down, along with another one that started to shake next to it. That tree in its turn took down another one, and so it went further. (34) Balarâma, with His game of donkey corpse throwing, made all the palm trees [of the forest] shake and hit each other as if they were blown about by a hurricane. (35) This feat of war of the Fortunate One is not that surprising at all, for He is the Unlimited One Controller of the Universe, in whom the length and width of the world[s] are woven like the threads of [the warp and woof] of a piece of cloth. (36) Then, enraged about the death of their comrade, all the asses that were Dhenuka's close friends, attacked Krishna and Râma. (37) But attacking Krishna and Râma, oh King, one after the other was easily seized by the hind legs and thrown in the stately palms. (38) The earth, being covered with heaps of fruits, palm treetops and lifeless daitya bodies, offered a view as radiating as the sky decorated with clouds.

(39) When the demigods and other transcendentalists heard about that immense triumph of the Two, they showered a rain of flowers, played music and offered prayers. (40) With Dhenuka being killed, the fruits of the palm trees could be eaten by the people who were no longer afraid, and the animals could graze again in the forest.

(41) Krishna, the Lord with the lotus petal eyes about whom it is so auspicious to hear and chant, returned with His elder brother to Vraja, glorified by the gopas who followed Them. (42) All the gopîs, with eyes hungry to see Him came to meet Him, who still had the dust in His hair that was thrown up by the cows, He, with His peacock feather, forest flowers, charming eyes and beautiful smile, who played His flute and whose glories were sung by the gopas. (43) Entering the cowherd village He heartily welcomed the ladies of Vraja who in their veneration being bashful, humble and laughing, like bees searching for honey, with sidelong glances were drinking in the face of Mukunda, He who constituted their liberation. And therewith they gave up the grief they had suffered during the day from having been separated from Him. (44) Mother Yas'odâ and Rohinî, most lovingly, catered to the desires of their two sons by presenting Them at the right time the finest offerings. (45) The fatigue of their journey vanished with a bath and a massage and such, after which They were dressed with a charming cloth around Their waist and were decorated with divine garlands and fragrances. (46) With the delicious preparations offered to Them They ate Their fill, and thus being pampered by Their mothers, They fell happily asleep in Their fine beds in Vraja.

(47) Oh King, Krishna, the Supreme Lord who thus operated in Vrindâvana, went one day, without Balarâma and in the company of His friends, to the Kâlindi [the Yamunâ, see also **]. (48) The cows, who together with the gopas suffered from the glaring summer sun, tormented by thirst drank from the water of the river, but it was polluted, it was spoiled by poison. (49-50) Because they got in touch with that poisoned water they lost their consciousness and all fell lifeless down at the waterside, oh best of the Kurus. Lord Krishna, the Master of all Masters of Yoga, who saw them in that state, thereupon brought them back to life by casting His glance - which is as a shower of nectar - on them who had accepted Him as their master. (51) Regaining their senses, they got up at the waterside and all stood most surprised looking at each other. (52) They came to the conclusion that they, after having drunk the poison and had fallen dead, oh King, by the grace of Govinda's merciful glance had risen again.'

S'rî S'uka said: 'When They [Râma and Krishna] in Vraja attained the age of boyhood [six to ten years old], the two who rendered Vrindâvana most pleasurable with Their footprints, were old enough to be cowherds. Together with Their friends They thereupon were commissioned to tend the cows [*].

S'rî S'uka said: 'Then, when they in Vraja attained the age of boyhood [six to ten], were the two, rendering Vrindâvana most auspicious with their footprints, old enough to be cowherds and commissioned to tend the cows along with their friends [*]. (Vedabase)

Text 2

Mâdhava ['the Sweet Lord'], eager to play, surrounded by the gopas who were chanting His fame, sounding His flute and keeping the animals together with Balarâma in front of Him, entered the forest that had many flowers and a lot of nourishment for the cows.

Surrounded by the gopas who were chanting His fame entered Mâdhava ['the Sweet Lord'], eager to play, the forest rich with flowers and nourishment for the cows while He sounded His flute and with the help of Balarâma kept the animals in front. (Vedabase)

Text 3

The most enchanting forest was filled with the sounds of bees, animals and birds. There was a lake with water as clear as the minds of the great [sages], and it had a fragrance, originating from hundred-petalled lotuses, that was carried by the wind. When the Supreme Lord saw this He decided to play there.

The forest most enchanting was filled with the sounds of bees, animals and birds, had a lake with water as clear as the minds of the great and had a fragrance carried by the wind of hundred-petalled lotuses; that sight made the Supreme Lord decide to play there. (Vedabase)

Text 4

The moment the Original Personality saw the beauty everywhere of the stately trees that with the tips of their branches touched His feet with their heavy load of fruits, flowers and reddish buds, He joyfully, almost laughing, spoke to His elder brother.

He, the Original Personality seeing the beauty all around of the stately trees with the tips of their branches touching His feet with their heavy load of fruits, flowers and reddish buds, with joy at the brink of laughter spoke to His elder brother. (Vedabase)

Text 5

The Supreme Lord said: 'Oh Best of the Gods, these trees at Your lotus feet that are worshiped by the demigods, with their heads bowing down are presenting offerings of flowers and fruits to put an end to the ignorance because of which they were born in their form.

The Supreme Lord said: 'Oh Best of the Gods, these trees, at Your lotus feet that are worshiped by the immortals, are presenting with their heads bowing down offerings of flowers and fruits so that they find salvation from the ignorance that prepared them their births as trees. (Vedabase)

Text 6

Oh Original Personality, these bees, following You, as the most intimate great sages among Your devotees, do - despite Your hiding in the forest - not abandon You as their personal deity, oh Sinless One, while singing their worship of You, the place of pilgrimage for all the worlds!

Despite of Your hiding in the forest, o Original Personality, do these bees as the most intimate great sages among Your devotees not abandon You as their personal deity, o Sinless One, with their all the way singing in worship of You, the place of pilgrimage for all the worlds! (Vedabase)

Text 7

These peacocks, oh Worshipable One, are dancing with joy. These doe are pleasing You with their glances as if they were the gopîs, and the cuckoos do Vedic prayers. They, as residents of the forest being blessed with such a saintly nature, are all fortunate to see You now arriving at their place.

These peacocks, o Worshipable One, are dancing with joy; these doe are pleasing You with their glances as if they were the gopîs and the cuckoos do vedic prayers; they're all, blessed with such a saintly nature, as fortunate as to see You now, as residents of the forest, arriving at their home. (Vedabase)

Text 8

Blessed today are this earth, her grasses and bushes, that receive the touch of Your feet. Blessed are the trees and creepers struck by Your fingernails. The rivers, mountains, birds and animals are blessed with the mercy of Your glances, and blessed are the gopîs in Your arms that are constantly craved by the Goddess of Fortune.'

Blessed is so this earth, her grasses and bushes receiving the touch of Your feet; the trees and creepers struck by Your fingernails; the rivers, mountains, birds and animals with the mercy of Your glances; and the gopîs in Your arms according the desire of the Goddess of Fortune.' (Vedabase)

Text 9

S'rî S'uka said: 'Lord Krishna this way being satisfied by all of Vrindâvana's beauty, took delight in pasturing together with His companions the animals on the river banks at the foot of the mountain [Govardhana].

S'rî S'uka said: 'Lord Krishna this way satisfied with all of Vrindâvana's beauty, took delight in together with His companions pasturing the animals at the river banks at the foot of the mountain [Govardhana]. (Vedabase)

Text 10-12

Sometimes, when His companions together with Balarâma on their way sang about His glories, He sang along with the humming bees that were blind under His influence. He sometimes imitated the chattering broken speech of the parrots, and then cuckooed with the charming cuckooing of the cuckoos. Sometimes He cooed along with the swans, and sometimes He danced hilariously in front of a peacock. With a voice [rumbling] like the clouds He sometimes affectionately called the animals, which had wandered off, by their names, and spoke endearingly with the cows and their protectors.

Sometimes, while on their way His companions together with Balarâma sang of His fame, sang He along with the humming bees that were blind of intoxication, imitated He sometimes the chattering broken speech of the parrots and then the charming cuckoos of a cuckoo; sometimes He cooed along with the swans and sometimes He danced hilariously in front of a peacock; with a voice like the clouds [rumbling] He sometimes called for the animals that strayed off by their names and spoke endearing affectionately with the cows and their protectors. (Vedabase)

Text 13

He cried out in imitation of the cakora birds, the curlews, the ruddy geese, the skylarks and the peacocks, and then again acted with the smaller creatures as if [also] He was afraid of the tigers and lions.

Together with the other creatures, the cakora-birds, the curlews, the ruddygeese, the skylarks and the peacocks He cried out in imitation as if He were afraid of the tigers and lions. (Vedabase)

Text 14

Sometimes, when His elder brother being tired of playing used the lap of a gopa for a pillow, He would personally relieve Him by massaging His feet and performing other services.

Sometimes when His elder brother tired of playing used the lap of a gopa for a pillow, would He personally relieve Him by massaging His feet and do other services. (Vedabase)

Text 15

When the cowherd boys so now and then danced, sang, moved about and wrestled, They stood hand in hand laughing and praised them.

Holding hands with one another laughed and praised they the cowherd boys as they danced, sang, moved about and wrestled at times. (Vedabase)

Text 16

At times, when He was tired of the wrestling, He sought His refuge at the foot of a tree to lie on a bed of twigs and leaves, and use the lap of a gopa for a pillow.

Now and then of the wrestling fatigued lay He worn out on beds made of twigs and leaves, taking shelter at the base of a tree with the lap of a gopa for a pillow.(Vedabase)

Text 17

Some of them, who were all great souls, massaged His feet while others, free from all sin, fanned Him nicely with fans.

Some of them, all great souls, massaged His feet while others, free from all sin, fanned Him nicely with fans. (Vedabase)

Text 18

Others befitting the occasion, oh great King, would sing [songs] reflecting the spirit of the Great Soul, while their hearts slowly melted of love.

Others would, with their hearts slowly melting of love, sing befitting the occasion, o great King, [songs] reflecting the Great Soul His spirit. (Vedabase)

Text 19

He in His activities pretending to be a cowherd, concealed His personal opulence with the help of His mystic potency. He whose tender feet are served by the Goddess of Fortune, enjoyed like a villager with the villagers, even though He with His heroic deeds had proven Himself to be the Master and Controller.

In His activities this way pretending to be a cowherd and by His mystic potency hiding His personal opulence, enjoyed He whose tender feet are attended by the Goddess of Fortune like a villager with the villagers, whatever His feats as the Controller had been. (Vedabase)

Text 20

The gopa S'rîdâmâ, a friend of Râma and Kes'ava, together with others like Subala and Stokakrishna [one day] lovingly said the following:

The gopa S'rîdâmâ, a friend of Râma and Kes'ava, and others like Subala and Stokakrishna [one day] with love said the following: (Vedabase)

Text 21

'Râma, oh Râma, oh Mighty-armed One, oh Krishna, Destroyer of the Wicked Ones, not far away from here there is a very great forest full of palm trees [called Tâlavana].

'Râma, o Râma, o Mighty-armed One, o Krishna, Destroyer of the Wicked, not far from here there is a very great forest full of palm trees [called Tâlavana]. (Vedabase)

Text 22

Many fruits there have fallen from the trees, but they are checked by Dhenuka, the evil one.

Many fruits there fall from the trees and lie around, they are kept back however by Dhenuka, the evil one. (Vedabase)

Text 23

Oh Râma, oh Krishna, he is a very powerful demon who has assumed the form of an ass, and he is surrounded by other companions that are as strong as he is.

He, having taken the form of an ass surrounded by other companions as strong as he is, is such a mighty demon, o Râma, o Krishna! (Vedabase)

Text 24

He has killed human beings and eaten them, everyone is afraid to go there, oh Killer of the Enemies. All kinds of animals and flocks of birds have abandoned the place.

Human beings have been killed by him, the people are afraid to go there, o Killer of the Enemies, and all kinds of animals and flocks of birds have abandoned it. (Vedabase)

Text 25

There are fragrant fruits we have never tasted. The aroma they spread is noticed everywhere.

There are fragrant fruits we've never tasted yet of which the aroma spreading is that strong that it is noticed everywhere. (Vedabase)

Text 26

Please, oh Krishna, give them to us whose hearts are craving because of the fragrance. The desire is so strong, oh Râma, let us go there, if You consider it a good idea.'

Please o Krishna give them to us, whose minds are craving of the fragrance; the desire is so strong, o Râma, let's go there if You think that's a good idea.' (Vedabase)

Text 27

Having heard these words from Their friends, the two masters laughed and, wishing to please Their comrades, went to the Tâlavana forest surrounded by the gopas [compare 3.28: 31-33].

Having heard these words from their friends went the two masters, with the desire to please their friends, surrounded by the gopas laughing [compare 3.28: 31-33] to the Tâlavana forest. (Vedabase)

Text 28

Balarâma having arrived there, employed His great strength and shook like a mad elephant with His two arms the trees to all sides, so that the fruits fell down.

Balarâma arriving there, employing His great strength shook like a mad elephant with His two arms the trees to all sides so that the fruits came down. (Vedabase)

Text 29

When he heard the fruits falling the donkey demon ran hither with a heavy gallop that made the earth and the trees tremble.

Hearing the sounds of the fruits falling ran the donkey demon hither with a heavy galop that made the earth together with its trees tremble. (Vedabase)

Text 30

Meeting Him, the powerful demon struck Balarâma's chest quickly with his two hind legs and then ran about producing an ugly ass bray.

Meeting Him he stroke Balarâma's chest fast with his two hind legs and then ran about producing an ugly ass bray. (Vedabase)

Text 31

The furious, screaming beast approached Him again and angrily hurled with his back turned forward, his two legs at Balarâma, oh King.

The furious, crying beast approaching Him again angrily hurled, with his back forward, his two legs at Balarâma, o King. (Vedabase)

Text 32

[But] He seized him by the hooves, whirled him around with one hand and threw him, [being dashed against a palmyra] with his life spun out of him, in the top of a palm tree.

He seized him by the hooves though, whirled him around with one hand and threw him, with the life slung out of him, in the top of a palm tree. (Vedabase)

Text 33

The big palm tree shook heavily with its large crown because of that blow and next broke down, along with another one that started to shake next to it. That tree in its turn took down another one, and so it went further.

With that blow shook the big palm tree heavily with its large crown and next broke down along with another one that started to shake besides it that on its turn took down a next one and so went it further. (Vedabase)

Text 34

Balarâma, with His game of donkey corpse throwing, made all the palm trees [of the forest] shake and hit each other as if they were blown about by a hurricane.

Balarâma with His game of throwing the donkey corpse made all the trees shake and strike each other as if they were blown down by a hurricane. (Vedabase)

Text 35

This feat of war of the Fortunate One is not that surprising at all, for He is the Unlimited One Controller of the Universe, in whom the length and width of the world[s] are woven like the threads of [the warp and woof] of a piece of cloth.

This feat of the Fortunate One is not that surprising at all because He indeed is the Unlimited One Controller of the Universe. Upon Him it is resting long and wide like a piece of cloth does on its warp and woof. (Vedabase)

Text 36

Then, enraged about the death of their comrade, all the asses that were Dhenuka's close friends, attacked Krishna and Râma.

Then, enraged about the death of their friend, attacked the asses that were Dhenuka's intimates Krishna and Râma. (Vedabase)

Text 37

But attacking Krishna and Râma, oh King, one after the other was easily seized by the hind legs and thrown in the stately palms.

One after the other were they, attacking Krishna and Râma o King, easily seized by their hind legs and thrown into the palm trees. (Vedabase)

Text 38

The earth, being covered with heaps of fruits, palm treetops and lifeless daitya bodies, offered a view as radiating as the sky decorated with clouds.

The earth covered with the heaps of fruits and the lifeless daitya bodies in the tree tops, shone forth as beautiful as the sky decorated with its clouds. (Vedabase)

Text 39

When the demigods and other transcendentalists heard about that immense triumph of the Two, they showered a rain of flowers, played music and offered prayers.

Hearing of that very great triumph showered the gods and the godly a rain of flowers, playing music and offering prayers. (Vedabase)

Text 40

With Dhenuka being killed, the fruits of the palm trees could be eaten by the people who were no longer afraid, and the animals could graze again in the forest.

Now that Dhenuka was killed could the fruits of the palm trees be eaten by the people who were no longer afraid and could the animals graze in the forest. (Vedabase)

Text 41

Krishna the Lord with the lotus petal eyes about whom it is so auspicious to hear and chant, returned with His elder brother to Vraja, glorified by the gopas who followed Them.

Krishna with His lotus petal eyes - about whom it is so auspicious to hear and to chant -, returned with His elder brother to Vraja, glorified by the gopas following Them. (Vedabase)

Text 42

All the gopîs, with eyes hungry to see Him came to meet Him, who still had the dust in His hair that was thrown up by the cows, He, with His peacock feather, forest flowers, charming eyes and beautiful smile, who played His flute and whose glories were sung by the gopas.

The gopîs with eyes hungry to see Him came all together forth to meet Him, He with the dust still in His hair thrown up by the cows, the peacock feather, the forest flowers, His charming eyes and beautiful smile, His flute sounded and His glories sung by the gopas. (Vedabase)

Text 43

Entering the cowherd village He heartily welcomed the ladies of Vraja who in their veneration being bashful, humble and laughing, like bees searching for honey, with sidelong glances were drinking in the face of Mukunda, He who constituted their liberation. And therewith they gave up the grief they had suffered during the day from having been separated from Him.

Entering the cowherd village welcomed He heartily the ladies of Vraja who in their veneration, bashful, humble and laughing, like bees eyeing for the honey, with sidelong glances drank in the face of Mukunda, He who constituted their liberation. And with that they gave up the grief of having been separated that they had suffered during the day. (Vedabase)

Text 44

Mother Yas'odâ and Rohinî, most lovingly, catered to the desires of their two sons by presenting Them at the right time the finest offerings.

Mother Yas'odâ and Rohinî most lovingly catering to the desires of their two sons presented Them at the right times the finest offerings. (Vedabase)

Text 45

The fatigue of their journey vanished with a bath and a massage and such, after which They were dressed with a charming cloth around Their waist and were decorated with divine garlands and fragrances.

The weariness of the road vanished by bathing and massaging and such, after which They being dressed with a charming cloth around Their waist were decorated with divine garlands and fragrances. (Vedabase)

Text 46

With the delicious preparations offered to Them They ate Their fill, and thus being pampered by Their mothers, They fell happily asleep in Their fine beds in Vraja.

With the delicious preparations offered to Them ate They their fill and thus pampered by their mothers fell They happily in Their fine beds asleep in Vraja. (Vedabase)

Text 47

Oh King, Krishna, the Supreme Lord who thus operated in Vrindâvana, went one day, without Balarâma and in the company of His friends, to the Kâlindi [the Yamunâ, see also **].

O King, Krishna, the Supreme Lord thus acting in Vrindâvana, once, without Balarâma, went in the company of His friends to the Kâlindi [the Yamunâ, see also **]. (Vedabase)

Text 48

The cows who together with the gopas suffered from the glaring summer sun, tormented by thirst drank from the water of the river, but it was polluted, it was spoiled by poison.

The cows who together with the gopas suffered from the glaring summer sun drank, tormented by thirst, from the water of the river, but it was spoiled by poison. (Vedabase)

Text 49-50

Because they got in touch with that poisoned water they lost their consciousness and all fell lifeless down at the waterside, oh best of the Kurus. Lord Krishna, the Master of all Masters of Yoga, who saw them in that state, thereupon brought them back to life by casting His glance - which is as a shower of nectar - on them who had accepted Him as their master.

By fate made the mere touch with that poisoned water them loose their consciousness so that they all fell down lifeless at the waterside, o best of the Kurus. Seeing them in that predicament brought Lord Krishna, the Controller of all Masters of Yoga, by His glance only - which is as a shower of nectar - those then, who had accepted Him as their master, back to life. (Vedabase)

Text 51

Regaining their senses, they got up at the waterside and all stood most surprised looking at each other.

Regaining their senses, they again stood up from near the water and all most surprised looked at each other. (Vedabase)

Text 52

They came to the conclusion that they, after having drunk the poison and had fallen dead, oh King, by the grace of Govinda's merciful glance had risen again.'

They came to the conclusion that they, having drunk the poison and fallen dead, o King, due to the merciful glance of Govinda again had risen to their strength.' (Vedabase)

*: It is stated in the Kârttika-mâhâtmya section of the Padma Purâna:

s'uklâshthamî kârttike tu
smritâ gopâshthamî budhaih
tad-dinâd vâsudevo 'bhûd
gopah pûrvam tu vatsapah

"The eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kârttika is known by authorities as Gopâshthamî. From that day, Lord Vâsudeva served as a cowherd, whereas previously He had tended the calves."

**: The Kalinda is the name of the mountain from which the river Yamunâ rises.