Shloka 29
Brahmā’s Bewilderment and Kṛṣṇa Becoming the Calves and Cowherd Boys
Brahma-vimohana-līlā
ततो विदूराच्चरतो गावो वत्सानुपव्रजम् । गोवर्धनाद्रिशिरसि चरन्त्यो ददृशुस्तृणम् ॥ २९ ॥
tato vidūrāc carato gāvo vatsān upavrajam govardhanādri-śirasi carantyo dadṛśus tṛṇam
Thereafter, while grazing atop Govardhana Hill, the cows looked down from afar for green grass and saw their calves pasturing near Vraja, not very far away.
FAQs
This verse places the Vraja cows and calves on Govardhana’s summit, showing Govardhana as an active setting of Krishna-līlā where the Lord’s daily pastoral life unfolds in intimate, natural simplicity.
The chapter’s context centers on the calves and cowherd boys; describing the cows moving with their calves sets the pastoral scene that becomes crucial to the unfolding līlā when Brahmā intervenes.
It teaches attentive appreciation of Krishna’s presence in ordinary duties—devotion grows by remembering the Lord in simple, daily life, not only in dramatic moments.