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- Part 33 -
Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
Sixty-Seventh Chapter
HOW RADHA MITIGATED THE FEAR OF BRAJABASHIS IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT
While the Brajabashis were trudging their feet towards Prabas, as was mentioned in Part Thirty-four, daylight was eking out as evening, was was creeping in. The starless night soon turned into inky darkness. This day of the month was approaching Amabysya [known as the day of darkness, or no moon day].
Late at night and in the small hours of the morning, the night was getting darker still. Black clouds covered the sky. Not a star was to be seen. In the middle of the dense forest, the night was murkier than usual.
All the Brajabashis and the sadhus were extremely frightened of the wild animals, which were growling nearby. And some women and children began to cry out of fear. Even Nand Maharaj himself became terrified. They were all paralysed with fear as they had not had an awful experience of being in the forest. They huddled together and chanted, ‘Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna’, to give them some solace.
In this forest, the underbrush was so dense with tangled vegetables that the Brajabashis could barely walk through, without getting snagged on branches. Suddenly, ShreeDam, who was scared stiff, exclaimed with exasperation, “Where are you my friend Kanhai? Can you not see the ocean of our tears and the dreadful experience of trepidation that we have come up against, on our way to see you?
You are known as omniscient and omnipresent in this world. You often come to stand by people who are in distress with soothing words like, “I am here; not to worry.” You lifted Goberdhan to save us all. You saved us from wildfire by dousing it.
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