with your powerful arms, still more glorious are the damsels of Vraja, the gopis, that your beauty fascinates”.

So the Lords Krishna and Balarama, guarding Their flocks on the banks of the Yamuna, they, together with the inhabitants of Vrindavana, knew full satisfaction. In certain places, They went alone; in others their friends accompanied them. Escorting Krishna and Balarama, who wore garlands of wild flowers, the young boys sang, imitated the murmur of bumblebees, sometimes imitated the song of swans gliding over the waters of the lakes; or sometimes, seeing the dance of the peacocks, mimed it in front of Krishna. And Krishna also moved his neck to imitate the peacock and make his friends laugh.

The cows that Krishna kept had different names, which the Lord used to call them with love. Krishna has this unique gift of knowing the language of all animals, so He could converse with each of them, and immediately they would respond with a bellow, and the boys rejoiced wholeheartedly, hearing these exchanges. They imitated the cries and songs of birds, most often cakoras, peacocks, cuckoos and bharadvajas. Sometimes they would see weaker animals running away in fear at the roar of tigers and lions, along with Krishna and Balarama they would parody them and follow them in their flight. When they felt weary, they would sit down and Balarama to rest, put his head in the lap of one of the shepherds, and Krishna immediately came to massage his legs. Sometimes He would grab a fan made of palm leaves, and a breath relieved Balarama of his fatigue. While Balarama was thus relaxing, other boys were dancing or singing. Sometimes still they would wrestle together or jump in the air, and Krishna would join them without delay. Holding their hands, happy to be in their company, He laughed and praised their games. Weary in his turn, Krishna would lie down, sometimes using the root of a large tree or the knees of a young shepherd to support his head. Shepherds massaged Her legs, others cooled her body with a fan of leaves. Those who had the most talent sang in a soft voice, in order to please Him. Thus his fatigue quickly dissipated. Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, whose legs are guarded by the goddess of fortune, gave himself to the young shepherds as one of them, deploying his internal power to appear as a village boy. But although in the form of a young shepherd, on many occasions He revealed Himself to none other than God, the Supreme Person. We see some men claiming to be God and deceiving the innocent. However, none of them is able to show the powers of the Lord.

Anyone who wishes to rejoice in the Childhood Entertainments of the Lord must walk in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vraja [Mathura region, which s 'stretches for about two hundred and sixty square kilometers, where the Supreme Lord, Krishna, manifested his sublime entertainments 5,000 years ago in the company of his pure devotees. It is the main place of pilgrimage for all holy beings. It is said in the holy scriptures that Vraja is the sum and essence of all the holy places, also and more directly refers to Vrindavana], as Nanda, Upananda and others among the members of his family. Sometimes a child insists on giving them an item, and they cry soul-