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 to scorch them.
3. Then the residents of Vrndavana woke up, extremely disturbed by the great fire threatening to burn them. Thus they took shelter of Krsna, the Supreme Lord, who by His spiritual potency appeared like an ordinary human being.
4. [Vrndavana’s residents said:] Krsna, Krsna, O Lord of all opulence! O Rama, possessor of unlimited power! This most terrible fire is about to devour us, Your devotees!
5. O Lord, we are Your true friends and devotees. Please protect us from this insurmountable fire of death. We can never give up Your lotus feet, which drive away all fear.
6. Seeing His devotees so disturbed, Sri Krsna, the infinite Lord of the universe and possessor of infinite power, then swallowed the terrible forest fire. Lord Krishna possesses infinite power. This was no act of wonder on His part.
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