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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 8: Verses 14-24
Some time in the past this son of yours was born in the house of Vasudeva; (hence) the wise (who know this truth) will duly designate him as the glorious Vasudeva (son of Vasudeva).There are numerous names and forms of your son, conforming to his excellences and actions. I (alone) know them, not the commonality. The delight of the cowherds, nay, of the entire Gokula, this boy will bring you happiness. By his help you will easily surmount all difficulties. Protected and strengthened by him during a period of anarchy in former times, 0 lord of Vraja, pious souls, tormented by robbers, (eventually) conquered them. Enemies cannot overpower those highly blessed souls who offer love to this boy, any more than demons can overpower those whose cause has been espoused by Lord Visnu. Therefore, this son of yours, 0 Nanda, is a compeer of Lord Narayana in point of excellences, splendour, fame and glory. (Please) look after him intently. And, when Garga, having duly instructed Nanda, had returned to his abode (at Mathura), Nanda felt much delighted and deemed himself full of (all) blessings.
' Not long afterwards, Balarama and Kesava (Sri Krsna) began to sport in Gokula going about on hands and knees. Moving briskly on the muddy grounds of Vraja dragging both their feet behind in a (most) charming way-the tiny bells of Their anklets and girdle making a tinkling noise and Their mind delighted to hear their sound-and following any passer-by (to some distance), the two Boys would (soon) return to Their mothers like innocent and terrified babes (when the passer-by would turn round and look at Them and They discovered him to be a stranger). Folding in their arms their Sons-who looked charming with mud, that served to beautify Their person as a paint-and giving Them suck, Their two mothers, whose breasts were overflowing with milk due to their (motherly) affection, experienced ecstatic joy indeed to behold Their countenance bright with a winning smile and small teeth (even) as They sucked their breasts with relish. When the two Boys were old enough to be engaged in boyish sports, (so) captivating to the eyes of young women, the latter would then feel delighted to gaze on Them both being dragged behind hither and thither in the interior of Vraja by calves whose tails were tightly seized by Them, and stood laughing leaving their homestead.
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