Swallowing Forest Fire

1. After Krsna’s chastisement of Kaliya, because the residents of Vrndavana were feeling very weak from hunger,
thirst and fatigue, they and the cows spent the night where they were, lying down near the bank of the Kalindi.
2. During the night, while all the people of Vrndavana were asleep, a great fire blazed up within the dry summer forest. The fire surrounded the inhabitants of Vraja on all sides and began