Shree Shookdeo Jee said,--Raja! when Bulram returned, after having
killed Purlunt, he met Krishnù with his companions. And the cowherds’
children, who were in the jungle pasturing the cows, having heard that
a demon had been killed, left their cows and came to look at him. The
cows in the mean while went from one grass jungle to another. When the
two brothers arrived, they could not see any cows.
The cows and cowherds were dispersed: they lost their road, and
wandered about the grass and palm jungles. Climbing up trees, they
(the cowherds’ children) called out to each other, and repeating
names, they waived cloths in the air.
In the meantime, one of his companions came, and said to Krishnù,
joining his hands, “O great king! the cowherds’ children and the cows
having broken through (or destroyed,) the Mouj jungle have been mixed
up together, just in the same way as in the months of Sawun and
Bhadon, rivers rushing along with high waves, mix in the sea.” At this
time they perceived that there was a fire blazing furiously. On seeing
it, the cowherds and their companions, being greatly alarmed and
frightened, called out, “Krishnù! Krishnù! save us quickly from this
fire or we shall all be instantly burnt to death.” Krishnu said, “All
of you shut your eyes.” When they had shut their eyes, Krishnù,
having put out the fire in a second, caused another delusion, and
having taken off the cowherds’ children with the cows into a fig tree
forest, told them to open their eyes.
The cowherds having opened their eyes, said, gazing round, “Where has
that fire gone, Krishnù? When did we come into the fig tree forest:
this is indeed strange, Bulbeer?”
Having thus said, they accompanied Krishnù and Bulram with the cows
to Brindabun, and each went home and mentioned, that Bulram had that
day killed a demon, named Purlunt; and that there had been a fire in
the Mouj forest, which, through the power of Krishnù, had been
extinguished. Having narrated thus much, Shree Shookdeo Jee
said,--Raja! hearing these words from the mouths of the cowherds’
children, all the inhabitants of Bruj went out to see: but they
obtained no clue to the actions of Krishnù.