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words of N^rada. So he approached the trees, drawing the husking
stand behind him by force and, placing himself between them, up-
rooted the trees. They fell down with a crash and lo! two fiery
spirits came out, illumining space by the splendour of their bodies.
They prayed to Krishna and then rose upwards.
The Gopa women had been engaged all this time in their
household duties and the crash attracted the attention of all the
Gopas and Gopis. The boys told what they had seen. But some were
loath to believe that all this could be done by the boy Krishna.
THE FRUIT SELLER.
SKANDHA X. CHAP. 11.
One day Krishna heard a woman crying out " Come ye' buy
fruits." He took some paddy and hastened to her side. The woman
filled both his hands with fruits and lo! her basket became full of
gems and precious stones.
VRINDAVANA.
SKANDHA X. CHAP. u.
Seeing that calamities befell Brihat Vana (Vraja or Gokul) so
often, the elders put their heads together to devise the best course to
adopt. Upa Nanda, one of the oldest and wisest of them, said:
"We that wish well for Gokula must hence get away. Evils befall
that bode no good for the children. This boy was with difficulty
saved from that child-killing Rakshasa woman. It is only by the
favor of Vishnu that the cart did not fall on him. When he was
taken high up by the whirlwind Asura, and when he fell down on the
rock, it was the Deva Kings that saved him. If this boy and others
did not perish when they were between the two trees, it was because
Vishnu preserved them. Ere this Vraja is visited by fresh calamity,
let us go elsewhere with the boys and all attendants.
There is a forest called Vrindavana with fresh verdure for
cattle, where Gopas, Gopis and Gos will all enjoy themselves. The
hills, grass and creepers are all holy there. This very day let us go to
that place. Make ready the carriages. Let the cows precede us, if
it pleases you all."
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