When the Lord comes to earth, virtuous beings also incarnate for the sole pleasure of seeing him.
When Krishna, God, the Supreme Person came to earth 5,000 years ago, it was to protect his devotees, annihilate demonic disbelievers, and restore spirituality. He entertains himself in various ways for the pleasure of his devotees, thus playing the role of a child to perfection, thanks to his own power. When the Lord thus comes to earth, always accompany his full emanations, as well as his eternal companions. In fact, the earth, the region on which the Lord acts, immediately becomes an extension of his divine spiritual realm.
During his childhood, the Almighty Lord was surrounded by young herdsmen and calves, and He went thus on the banks of the Yamuna, a sacred major river of India, by gardens covered with bushy trees, filled with the songs of birds.
While He displayed the entertainment proper to his childhood, the Lord n 'was visible to the inhabitants of Vrindavana [Village in India where Krishna unveiled his spiritual and absolute entertainments in the company of his pure devotees 5,000 years ago. There is no difference between this earthly place and Goloka Vrindavana, in the spiritual world, but such a vision is accessible only to one (or one) who has purified himself by the service of love and of devotion offered to God]. Sometimes He cried or laughed just like a child: he looked like a lion cub.
Nanda Maharaja was in charge of the land belonging to King Kamsa, but because he was a member of the agricultural and merchant community, he kept thousands of cows. As administrators and warriors have a duty to protect humans, farmers and traders have a duty to protect cows. Because the Lord was still only a child, He and his shepherd friends were given the care of the calves. These shepherds were in fact great sages and spiritualists in their previous lives. After many righteous existences, they obtained the companionship of the Lord and were able to play with Him as if they were His equals. These young shepherds never cared about who really was Krishna; they were just playing with Him, their most intimate and adorable friend. They conceived so much love for Him that, when evening came, they did not dream of the next morning, when they could meet the Lord again and walk the forests with Him, tending the flocks.
The forests along the Yamuna stretched into magnificent gardens filled with fruit trees, mango trees, jackfruit trees, apple trees, guavas, orange trees, palms, vines, berries... and all kinds of fragrant plants and flowers. As these forests were on the edge of the river, the branches of the trees naturally bore many waterfowl as well as peacocks. All the trees, birds and animals in these forests were in fact virtuous beings who had chosen to be born into this spiritual realm of Vrindavana for the sole purpose of contributing to the pleasure of the Lord and of the young shepherds, His