The Birth of Krishna and His Childhood in the Cattle Settlement

Verse 1 (2.52.1)

यच्चके भगवान्विष्णुर्वसुदेवसुतस्तदा । तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वमशेषतः ॥

yaccake bhagavānviṣṇurvasudevasutastadā | tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvamaśeṣataḥ

What the Lord Vishnu then did as the son of Vasudeva I will tell you; hear all of it, leaving nothing out —

Note on the text: Corrected स्रवमशेषतः → सर्वमशेषतः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0707–0708).

Verse 2 (2.52.2)

वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं चरितं च महात्मनः । हितार्थं सुरमर्त्यानां लोकानां च हिताय च ॥

vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ caritaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ | hitārthaṃ suramartyānāṃ lokānāṃ ca hitāya ca

the greatness and the deeds of the great-souled Vasudeva, done for the good of gods and mortals and for the welfare of the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected महात्म्यं → माहात्म्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा). Corrected सुरसर्त्यानां → सुरमर्त्यानां (misprint in Wikisource; स for म). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0709–0710).

Verse 3 (2.52.3)

यदा दिवि विभुस्तात न रेमे भगवानसौ । ततो व्यादिश्य भूतानि विभुर्भूमिसुखावहः ॥

yadā divi vibhustāta na reme bhagavānasau | tato vyādiśya bhūtāni vibhurbhūmisukhāvahaḥ

When the all-pervading Lord, my son, took no delight in heaven, then the pervader, who brings happiness to the earth, gave his commands to the beings.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यादिशय → व्यादिश्य (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct in the gerund). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0711–0712).

Verse 4 (2.52.4)

निग्रहार्थाय दैत्यानां चोदयामास वै तदा । मरुतश्च वसूंश्चैव सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ ॥

nigrahārthāya daityānāṃ codayāmāsa vai tadā | marutaśca vasūṃścaiva sūryācandramasāvubhau

For the subduing of the Daityas he then urged on the Maruts and the Vasus, the Sun and the Moon,

Note on the text: Corrected मुरुतश्च → मरुतश्च (misprint in Wikisource; उ for अ in मरुतः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0713–0714).

Verse 5 (2.52.5)

गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव रुद्रादित्यांस्तथाऽश्विनौ । जायध्वं मानुषे लोके सर्वलोकमहेश्वराः ॥

gandharvāpsarasaścaiva rudrādityāṃstathā'śvinau | jāyadhvaṃ mānuṣe loke sarvalokamaheśvarāḥ

the Gandharvas and Apsarases, the Rudras, the Adityas and the two Ashvins: 'Be born in the world of men, you great lords of all the worlds.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0715–0716).

Verse 6 (2.52.6)

जङ्गमानि विशालाक्षो ह्यात्मार्थमसृजत्प्रभुः । जायन्तामिति गोविन्दस्तिर्यग्योनिगतैः सह ॥

jaṅgamāni viśālākṣo hyātmārthamasṛjatprabhuḥ | jāyantāmiti govindastiryagyonigataiḥ saha

The wide-eyed Lord created moving creatures for his own purpose; 'Let them be born,' said Govinda, 'together with those born of animal wombs.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0717–0718).

Verse 7 (2.52.7)

तानि सर्वाणि सर्वज्ञो व्यजायत यदोः कुले । आत्मानमात्मना तात कृत्वा बहुविधं हरिः । रत्यर्थमिह गास्तत्र ररक्ष पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

tāni sarvāṇi sarvajño vyajāyata yadoḥ kule | ātmānamātmanā tāta kṛtvā bahuvidhaṃ hariḥ | ratyarthamiha gāstatra rarakṣa puruṣottamaḥ

With all of them, the all-knowing one was born in the line of Yadu. Making himself manifold by his own power, my son, Hari, the Supreme Person, protected the cows there for his delight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0719–0726, in part).

Verse 8 (2.52.8)

अजातशत्रो जातस्तु यथैष भुवि भूमिप । कीर्त्यमानं मया तात निबोध भरतर्षभ ॥

ajātaśatro jātastu yathaiṣa bhuvi bhūmipa | kīrtyamānaṃ mayā tāta nibodha bharatarṣabha

O Ajatashatru, lord of the earth, bull of the Bharatas, learn now from me, my son, how he was born on earth.

Note on the text: Corrected यथेष्ट → यथैष (misprint in Wikisource; यथेष्ट does not construe here; यथैष as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0727–0728).

Verse 9 (2.52.9)

सागराः समकम्पन्त मुदा चेलुश्च पर्वताः । जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शान्ता जायमाने जनार्दने ॥

sāgarāḥ samakampanta mudā celuśca parvatāḥ | jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāntā jāyamāne janārdane

As Janardana was being born, the oceans trembled, the mountains shook with joy, and fires that had died down blazed up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0729–0730).

Verse 10 (2.52.10)

शिवाः सम्प्रववुर्वाताः प्रशान्तमभवद्रजः । ज्योतींषि सम्प्रकाशन्त जायमाने जनार्दने ॥

śivāḥ sampravavurvātāḥ praśāntamabhavadrajaḥ | jyotīṃṣi samprakāśanta jāyamāne janārdane

Kindly winds blew, the dust settled, and the lights of heaven shone brightly as Janardana was being born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0731–0732).

Verse 11 (2.52.11)

देवदुन्दुभयश्चापि सस्वनुर्भृशमम्बरे । अभ्यवर्षंस्तदाऽऽगम्य देवताः पुष्पवृष्टिभिः ॥

devadundubhayaścāpi sasvanurbhṛśamambare | abhyavarṣaṃstadā''gamya devatāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭibhiḥ

The drums of the gods resounded loudly in the sky, and the gods came and showered him with flowers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0733–0734).

Verse 12 (2.52.12)

गीर्भिर्मङ्गलयुक्ताभिः स्तुवन्वै मधुसूदनम् । उपतस्थुस्तदा प्रीताः प्रादुर्भावे महर्षयः ॥

gīrbhirmaṅgalayuktābhiḥ stuvanvai madhusūdanam | upatasthustadā prītāḥ prādurbhāve maharṣayaḥ

Praising Madhusudana with words of blessing, the great sages gathered joyfully at his appearing.

Note on the text: Corrected मधुसदनम् → मधुसूदनम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ू). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0735–0736).

Verse 13 (2.52.13)

ततस्तानभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य नारदप्रमुखानृषीन् । उपानृत्यन्नुपजगुर्गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः ॥

tatastānabhisamprekṣya nāradapramukhānṛṣīn | upānṛtyannupajagurgandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

Then, seeing the sages led by Narada, the troops of Gandharvas and Apsarases danced and sang before them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0737–0738).

Verse 14 (2.52.14)

उपतस्थे च गोविन्दं सहस्राक्षः शचीपतिः । अभ्यभाषत तेजस्वी महर्षीन्पूजयंस्तदा ॥

upatasthe ca govindaṃ sahasrākṣaḥ śacīpatiḥ | abhyabhāṣata tejasvī maharṣīnpūjayaṃstadā

The thousand-eyed lord of Shachi came to wait on Govinda, and the radiant one, honoring the great sages, spoke:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0739–0740).

Verse 15 (2.52.15)

कृत्वा च देवकार्याणि कृत्वा देवहितानि च । स्वं लोकं लोककृद्देवः पुनर्गच्छति तेजसा ॥

kṛtvā ca devakāryāṇi kṛtvā devahitāni ca | svaṃ lokaṃ lokakṛddevaḥ punargacchati tejasā

"When he has done the work of the gods and accomplished what is good for the gods, the god who made the worlds will return by his own splendor to his own world."

Note on the text: Corrected खं लोकं → स्वं लोकं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; स्वं as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0741–0742).

Verse 16 (2.52.16)

इत्युक्त्वा ऋषिभिः सार्धं जगाम त्रिदिवं पुनः । अभ्यनुज्ञाय तान्सर्वाञ्छादयन्प्रकृतिं पराम् ॥

ityuktvā ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ | abhyanujñāya tānsarvāñchādayanprakṛtiṃ parām

Having said this, he took leave of them all and went back to heaven with the sages, keeping that supreme nature hidden.

Note on the text: Corrected सार्घं → सार्धं (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0743–0744).

Verse 17 (2.52.17)

नन्दगोपकुले कृष्ण उवास बहुलाः समाः । ततः कदाचित्सुप्तं तं शकटस्य त्वधः शिशुम् ॥

nandagopakule kṛṣṇa uvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ | tataḥ kadācitsuptaṃ taṃ śakaṭasya tvadhaḥ śiśum

Krishna lived for many years in the household of Nandagopa. Then once, when the infant lay asleep beneath a cart,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0745–0748).

Verse 18 (2.52.18)

यशोदा सम्परित्यज्य जगाम यमुनां नदीम् । शिशुलीलां ततः कुर्वन्स्वहस्तचरणौ क्षिपन् ॥

yaśodā samparityajya jagāma yamunāṃ nadīm | śiśulīlāṃ tataḥ kurvansvahastacaraṇau kṣipan

Yashoda left him and went to the river Yamuna. Then, playing as babies do and tossing his hands and feet about,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0749–0750).

Verse 19 (2.52.19)

रुरोद मधुरं कृष्णः पादावूर्ध्वं प्रसारयन् । पादाङ्गुष्ठेन शकटं दारयन्नथ केशवः ॥

ruroda madhuraṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pādāvūrdhvaṃ prasārayan | pādāṅguṣṭhena śakaṭaṃ dārayannatha keśavaḥ

Krishna cried sweetly, stretching his feet upward; and Keshava, splitting the cart with his big toe,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0751–0752).

Verse 20 (2.52.20)

तत्र एकेन पादेन पातयित्वा तथा शिशुः । न्युब्जं पयोधराकाङ्क्षी ससार च रुरोद च ॥

tatra ekena pādena pātayitvā tathā śiśuḥ | nyubjaṃ payodharākāṅkṣī sasāra ca ruroda ca

there, with a single foot, the baby turned it over face down; and wanting the breast, he crawled about and cried.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0753–0754).

Verse 21 (2.52.21)

पाटितं शकटं दृष्ट्वा भिन्नभाण्डपुटीकटम् । जनास्ते शिशुना तेन विस्मयं परमं ययुः ॥

pāṭitaṃ śakaṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhinnabhāṇḍapuṭīkaṭam | janāste śiśunā tena vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ

Seeing the cart smashed, its pots, jars and mats broken, the people were filled with the greatest wonder at that child.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0755–0756).

Verse 22 (2.52.22)

प्रत्यक्षं शूरसेनानां दृश्यते महदद्भुतम् । शयानेन हतः कंसपक्षवांस्तिग्मतेजसा ॥

pratyakṣaṃ śūrasenānāṃ dṛśyate mahadadbhutam | śayānena hataḥ kaṃsapakṣavāṃstigmatejasā

Before the eyes of the Shurasenas a great wonder was seen: a partisan of Kamsa was slain by the fiercely radiant one as he lay there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0757–0758).

Verse 23 (2.52.23)

पूतना चापि निहता महाकाया महास्तनी । ततः काले महाराज संसक्तौ रामकेशवौ ॥

pūtanā cāpi nihatā mahākāyā mahāstanī | tataḥ kāle mahārāja saṃsaktau rāmakeśavau

Putana too was slain, huge of body and huge of breast. Then in time, great king, Rama and Keshava, always together —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0759–0761).

Verse 24 (2.52.24)

कृष्णः सङ्कर्षणश्चोभौ रिङ्खिणौ च बभूवतुः । अन्योन्यकिरणाक्रान्तौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवाम्बरे ॥

kṛṣṇaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaścobhau riṅkhiṇau ca babhūvatuḥ | anyonyakiraṇākrāntau candrasūryāvivāmbare

Krishna and Sankarshana both — began to crawl, like the moon and the sun in the sky, each veiled in the other's rays.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0762–0763).

Verse 25 (2.52.25)

विसर्पन्तौ च सर्वत्र महासर्पभुजौ तदा । रेजतुः पांसुदिग्धाङ्गौ रामकृष्णौ तदा नृप ॥

visarpantau ca sarvatra mahāsarpabhujau tadā | rejatuḥ pāṃsudigdhāṅgau rāmakṛṣṇau tadā nṛpa

Creeping about everywhere then, their arms like great serpents, Rama and Krishna shone, O king, their limbs smeared with dust.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0764–0765).

Verse 26 (2.52.26)

क्वचिच्च जानुभिः स्पृष्टौ क्रीडमानौ क्वचिद्वने । पिबन्तौ दधिकुल्यांश्च मथ्यमाने च भारत ॥

kvacicca jānubhiḥ spṛṣṭau krīḍamānau kvacidvane | pibantau dadhikulyāṃśca mathyamāne ca bhārata

Sometimes crawling on their knees, sometimes playing in the woods, and drinking from the streams of curd as it was being churned, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0766–0767).

Verse 27 (2.52.27)

ततः स बालो गोविन्दो नवनीतं तदाक्षयम् । ग्रसमानस्तु तत्रायं गोपीभिर्ददृशे तथा ॥

tataḥ sa bālo govindo navanītaṃ tadākṣayam | grasamānastu tatrāyaṃ gopībhirdadṛśe tathā

Then the boy Govinda was seen there by the cowherd women devouring the butter, which never ran out.

Note on the text: Corrected तदा क्षयम् → तदाक्षयम् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong word division: तदा + अक्षयम्, the butter that never ran out, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Corrected ग्रासमानस्तु → ग्रसमानस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; ग्रास for the participle ग्रसमानः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0768–0769).

Verse 28 (2.52.28)

दाम्नाऽथोलूखले कृष्णो गोपीभिश्च निबन्धितः । तत्तथा शिशुना तेन कर्षता चार्जुनावुभौ ॥

dāmnā'tholūkhale kṛṣṇo gopībhiśca nibandhitaḥ | tattathā śiśunā tena karṣatā cārjunāvubhau

Krishna was tied with a rope to a mortar by the cowherd women; and as that child dragged it along, the two Arjuna trees

Note on the text: Corrected चार्जुनावृभौ → चार्जुनावुभौ (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ु in उभौ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0770–0771).

Verse 29 (2.52.29)

समूलविटपौ भग्नौ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । ततस्तौ बाल्यमुत्तीर्णौ कृष्णसङ्कर्षणावुभौ ॥

samūlaviṭapau bhagnau tadadbhutamivābhavat | tatastau bālyamuttīrṇau kṛṣṇasaṅkarṣaṇāvubhau

were broken, roots, branches and all — it was a thing of wonder. Then the two, Krishna and Sankarshana, passed beyond infancy,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0772–0773).

Verse 30 (2.52.30)

तस्मिन्नेव व्रजस्थाने सप्तवर्षौ बभूवतुः । नीलपीताम्बरधरौ पीतश्वेतानुलेपनौ ॥

tasminneva vrajasthāne saptavarṣau babhūvatuḥ | nīlapītāmbaradharau pītaśvetānulepanau

and in that same cattle station they reached seven years of age, wearing garments of blue and yellow, anointed with yellow and white pastes.

Note on the text: Corrected सप्तवर्षै → सप्तवर्षौ (misprint in Wikisource; ै for the dual ending ौ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0774–0775).

Verse 31 (2.52.31)

बभूवतुर्वत्सपालौ काकपक्षधरावुभौ । पर्णवाद्यं श्रुतिसुखं वादयन्तौ वराननौ ॥

babhūvaturvatsapālau kākapakṣadharāvubhau | parṇavādyaṃ śrutisukhaṃ vādayantau varānanau

Both became tenders of the calves, wearing side-locks, the fair-faced pair playing pleasant tunes on leaf-pipes.

Note on the text: Corrected बभुवतुर्वत्सपालौ → बभूवतुर्वत्सपालौ (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ू in बभूवतुः). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0776–0777).

Verse 32 (2.52.32)

शुशुभाते वनगतौ त्रिशीर्षाविव पन्नगौ । मयूराङ्गजकर्णौ तौ पल्लवापीडधारिणौ ॥

śuśubhāte vanagatau triśīrṣāviva pannagau | mayūrāṅgajakarṇau tau pallavāpīḍadhāriṇau

In the forest they shone like two three-hooded serpents, with peacock feathers at their ears and crowns of fresh shoots,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0778–0779).

Verse 33 (2.52.33)

वनमालापरिक्षिप्तौ सालपोताविवोद्गतौ । अरविन्दकृतापीडौ रज्जुयज्ञोपवीतिनौ ॥

vanamālāparikṣiptau sālapotāvivodgatau | aravindakṛtāpīḍau rajjuyajñopavītinau

garlanded with wildflowers, like two young sal trees grown tall, with chaplets of lotuses and sacred threads of rope;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0780–0781).

Verse 34 (2.52.34)

सशिक्यतुम्बुरुकरौ गोपवेणुप्रवादकौ । क्वचिद्वसन्तावन्योन्यं क्रीडमानौ क्वचिद्वने ॥

saśikyatumburukarau gopaveṇupravādakau | kvacidvasantāvanyonyaṃ krīḍamānau kvacidvane

with carrying-nets and gourds in their hands, playing the cowherds' flute; sometimes staying together, sometimes playing in the woods;

Note on the text: Corrected क्रडमानौ → क्रीडमानौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ी). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0782–0783).

Verse 35 (2.52.35)

पर्णशय्यासु तौ सुप्तौ क्वचिन्निद्रान्तरैषिणौ । तौ वत्सान्पालयन्तौ हि शोभयन्तौ महद्वनम् ॥

parṇaśayyāsu tau suptau kvacinnidrāntaraiṣiṇau | tau vatsānpālayantau hi śobhayantau mahadvanam

sometimes asleep on beds of leaves, seeking a spell of rest; tending the calves and adorning the great forest;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0784–0785).

Verse 36 (2.52.36)

चञ्चूर्यन्तौ रमन्तौ च राजन्नेवं तदा शुभम् । ततो बृन्दावनं गत्वा वसुदेवसुतावुभौ । गोकुलं तत्र कौन्तेय चारयन्तौ विजह्रतुः ॥

cañcūryantau ramantau ca rājannevaṃ tadā śubham | tato bṛndāvanaṃ gatvā vasudevasutāvubhau | gokulaṃ tatra kaunteya cārayantau vijahratuḥ

roaming about and taking their pleasure in this lovely way, O king. Then the two sons of Vasudeva went to Vrindavana, and there, O son of Kunti, they grazed the herds of the cattle settlement and enjoyed themselves.

Note on the text: Corrected कौन्येय → कौन्तेय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this southern passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 21 after 2.35.29, lines 0786–0788).