Passage 3

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In plain words

Going round and round in this way, she came to Vrepalle. Taking the form of a beautiful woman, she entered Yaśodā's house. She lifted Kṛṣṇa from the cradle and began to give Him her poisoned milk. Without making the least fuss, Kṛṣṇa sucked out the blood in her body along with the milk, and killed her. In this way Kṛṣṇa went on showing many wonders from His very childhood.

The divine līlās of the child Kṛṣṇa

One day Kṛṣṇa went to the forest with the other boys of Vrepalle to graze the cows. There, while the cows grazed, the cowherd boys played and sang happily with Kṛṣṇa and forgot all about the cows. They did not even notice the time passing. Little by little the cows wandered very far off into the forest. Suddenly a forest fire blazed up in that forest. Seeing the flames closing round them, the cowherd boys were badly frightened: “Kṛṣṇa! What will become of us now? What has happened to the cows! Save us!” they prayed. Then Kṛṣṇa: “Cowherd boys! Do not panic at all. These flames will die down. Close your eyes for a little while,” He said. The cowherd boys never went against Kṛṣṇa's command. As He told them, they all closed their eyes. After a while the fire died down completely. All the cows came back. There was no end to the wonder and joy the cowherd boys felt. When they got back to their village, they went about telling everyone of the wonderful līlā Kṛṣṇa had shown. “Kṛṣṇa put out so great a fire in a moment. No mere human being can do that. So Kṛṣṇa is no ordinary man; He is God Himself in form,” they went on proclaiming in their village.

Another time Kṛṣṇa went to the forest with the cowherd boys to graze the cows. After playing there a little while, Kṛṣṇa said He was hungry. At once one boy said he would go into the village and bring something to eat. Then Kṛṣṇa: “There is no need to go so far.