SB 10.13.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

˜ajasya r"Ama: 'aemaDaeRr,"
vaIºyaAEtk(NQ$YamanauºaNAma,
mau·(stanaeSvapatyaeSvapya,
@he"tauivad"icantayata,

vrajasya ramah premardher

viksyautkanthyam anuksanam

mukta-stanesv apatyesv apy

ahetu-vid acintayat

vrajasya-of the herd of cows; ramah-Balarama; prema-rdheh-because of an increase of affection; viksya-after observing; aut-kanthyam-attachment; anu-ksanam-constantly; mukta-stanesu-who had grown up and were no longer drawing milk from their mothers; apatyesu-in regard to those calves; api-even; ahetu-vit-not understanding the reason; acintayat-began to consider as follows.

TRANSLATION

Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attachment even to those calves that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk from their mothers. When Baladeva saw this attachment, He was unable to understand the reason for it, and thus He began to consider as follows.

PURPORT

The cows had younger calves who had started sucking milk from their mothers, and some of the cows had newly given birth, but now, because of love, the cows enthusiastically showed their affection for the older calves, which had left off milking. These calves were grown up, but still the mothers wanted to feed them. Therefore Balarama was a little surprised, and He wanted to inquire from Krsna about the reason for their behavior. The mothers were actually more anxious to feed the older calves, although the new calves were present, because the older calves were expansions of Krsna. These surprising events were taking place by the manipulation of yogamaya. There are two mayas working under the direction of Krsna-mahamaya, the energy of the material world, and yogamaya, the energy of the spiritual world. These uncommon events were taking place because of the influence of yogamaya. From the very day on which Brahma stole the calves and boys, yogamaya acted in such a way that the residents of Vrndavana, including even Lord Balarama, could not understand how yogamaya was working and causing such uncommon things to happen. But as yogamaya gradually acted, Balarama in particular was able to understand what was happening, and therefore He inquired from Krsna.