“The milching cows, calves and even the barren cows have not survived, all have died,,
,,” They all began to weep before Krishna like the lover Ranjha without his beloved Heer.356.
KABIT,,
O enemy of the serpent Kali and the demon Keshi! O Lotus-eyed! Lotus-nucleus! And husband of Lakshmi! Listen to our request,,
You are beautiful like the god of love, the destroyer of Kansa, the Lord doing all deeds and satisfier of all the wishes,kindly do our work also,
“You are the husband of Lakshmi, the killer of Kumbhasura and destroyer of the demon named Kalnemi
Do such a work for us, so that we may survive, O Lord! you are the terminator of desired and accomplisher of all works, kindly listen to our request.”357.
SWAYYA
When drops like arrows of wrath (of revenge) fell on Braj Nagar,
The drops of rain fell on the earth of Braja in fury like the arrows, which could not be endured by anyone, because they were reaching the earth, piercing through the houses
Seeing them (drops) with their eyes, the Gwalis approached Sri Krishna and requested them
Gopas saw this with their own eyes and conveyed this news to Krishna, “O Krishna! Indra has got angry with us, kindly protect us.”358.
The clouds are coming, being surrounded from all the ten directions and the sun is not visible anywhere
The clouds are thundering like lion and lighting is frightening by showing its teeth
Gopas went to Krishna and requested, “O Krishna, whatever pleaseyou, you may do the same because the lion must confront the lion and
In great anger should not cause the jackals to reach the abode of Yama.359.
“In great fury, the clusters of clouds have come down on our city
They have all been sent by that Indra, who rides upon the elephant named Airavata and who has chopped the wings of the mountains,
“But you are the Creator of all the world and you had cut the heads of Ravana
The fires of ire are frightening all, but who is more well-wisher than you for gopas?360.
“O Krishna! You are the seniormost and the people repeat your Name all the time
You have installed the sovereigns, fire, earth, mountain and trees etc.,
“Whenever there had been destruction of knowledge in the world, it were you, who gave the knowledge of the Vedas to the people
You churned the ocean and assuming the form of Mohini, you distributed ambrosia amongst the gods and demons.”361.
Gopas said again, “O Krishna! there is no support for us except you
We are frightened by the destruction of the clouds like the child fearing a dreadful portrait
“Our heart is getting very fearful on seeing the horrible form of the clouds
O Krishna! get ready to remove the suffering of the gopas.”362.
By obtaining the permission of Indra, the blackness of the alters comes surrounded on all four sides.
Under the orders of Indra, the dark clouds are surrounding from all the four directions and coming over Braja and being enraged in mind are powerfully exhibiting their force
The lighting is flashing and the drops of water are raining like arrows
The gopas said, “We have erred in not worshipping Indra, therefore the clouds are thundering.”363.
A great crime has been committed today, therefore all, having been frightened and crying for Krishna, said,
“Indra has become angry with us, therefore it is raining cats and dogs over Braja
“You have eaten the material brought over Indra’s worship, therefore, in great rage, he is destroying the people Braja
O Lord! You are the protector of all, therefore protect us also.364.
“O Lord! kindly save us from these clouds
Indra has become angry with us and for the last seven day, there had been heavy raining here
Balram Bharata immediately got up and stood up in a rage to protect them (the fugitives).
Then getting infuriated, Balram got up for their protection and seeing him arising, on one side, the clouds became fearful and on the other side, there was increase of joy in the mind of gopas.365.
Hearing the request of the gopas, Krishna called all the gopas with the signs of his hand
The powerful Krishna moved for killing the clouds
The poet considered the great success of that image in his mind like this
The poet considering this spectacle in his mind, says, “Krishna moved like a roaring lion, seeing the deer, with his mouth wide open.”366.
With great ire, Krishna moved to destroy the clouds
He had destroyed Ravana in Treta age as Ram
He had powerfully ruled Oudh alongwith Sita
The same Krishna moved today for the protection of gopas and cows like an intoxicated elephant.367.