Brahma Vaivarta Purana
The Breaking of the Arjuna Tree
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
1.Sri Narayana Rsi said: One day Yasoda went to bathe in the Yamuna. Seeing the house filled with milk-products, the boy Krsna smiled. 2.Then Krsna drank all the yoghurt, milk, ghee, buttermilk, and butter that was in the house. 3.When boy Krsna had just finished eating a cartful of svastika candies made with honey and ghee, and He was about to wipe the evidence from His mouth with the edge of His yellow dhoti,... 4. ...the gopis Yasoda, returned home from her bath, saw Him, and she also saw that in her home all the pots were now broken and emptied of the milk-products, honey, and other foods they once contained. 5.Seeing all this, she asked the children nearby: Who did this terrible thing? Tell the truth. 6.Hearing Yasoda’s words, the children said: Your boy ate everything, and that is the truth. He did not even give us some. 7.Hearing the children’s words. Yasoda became angry. Her eyes now red lotus flowers, she grabbed a stick and ran after Krsna. 8.She could not catch the fleeing child Krsna, who cannot be caught by the meditations of Lord Siva and the yogis. 9.Exhausted from running, and her lips, palate, and throat now dry, saintly, angry Yasoda stopped for a moment. 10.At that moment merciful Lord Krsna, who is the Supreme Person and the master of all the universes, approached His mother and smiled. |
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