Thus proceeding to some distance he saw Vraja, the charming village of
cows, situated on the bank of Yamunā near the mount Govarddhana and
filled with cool air (17). It was adorned with animals emitting sweet
cries, huge trees covered with creepers, and kine, giving milk and
grazing (18). That place was so beautifully level that the kine could
range there at ease and the tanks there had all well-levelled stairs.
The trees were scratched by the humps and horns of the bulls (19).
Vultures, wild cats, falcons and other birds, who are fond of flesh and
always follow them, and other beasts more powerful than they, such as
jackals, leopards and lions always live there. And for this that place
was filled with fat, marrow and bones (20). That place, covered with
profuse grass, was filled with birds of various species and the roaring
of tigers, was well adorned with trees crested with sweet fruits and was
resonant with the auspicious sound of kine, and calves. That charming
village was filled with milk-maids (21–22). The roads, for carriage,
were spacious there. It was covered with thorns and its outside was
filled with fallen huge trees (23).
All through the circumference there were stakes fixed on the ground an
ropes for the calves; and it was filled with cow-dungs. The temples and
cottages there were covered with grass (24). It was filled with the
sound of churning. State officials, possessing all the signs of
prosperity and well-developed and delighted persons always live there
(25). The ground there was saturated with the leavings of curd and the
drains were covered with moss and it was filled with the sound of the
churning bangles of milk-women (26). The cow-sheds were all properly
protected by well-shut doors; inside them were the houses for cows. It
was filled with the play-grounds of milk-men and abounded in boys
wearing feathers of crows (27). The youthful damsels of milk-men, clad
in blue raiments, prepare clarified butter and accordingly there blows
sweet-scented air (28). Having their heads adorned with garlands of wild
flowers and their breasts covered with jackets, the milk-maids, with
jars of milk on their heads, always walk about there (29). The road, on
the bank of Yamunā, was also filled with milk-maids, carrying water.
When the milk-man Nanda, with a delighted heart, entered by this way to
his village there arose a great shout of joy amongst the men of his
clan. The elderly milk men and women came out and received him in the
city. He also went to that delightful place of his own accord. Thereupon
going to the beloved wife of Vasudeva Rohiai, he placed there the mystic
Purusha Krishna, resembling the rising sun (30–32).
CHAPTER LXI. SUPERHUMAN DEEDS OF KRISHNA. HE UPSETS A CARRIAGE AND KILLS
PUTANA.
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