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- Part 35 -
Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
Seventy-Third Chapter
THE STORY OF EAST GATE
ShreeDam and other sakhas came to the east gate along with their cattle. The cows and calves holding their heads high and curling up their tails towards the sky, rushed up to the gate. The sakhas followed them with grim faces. It was such an amazing sight to see all these cattle with tears
welling up in their eyes and hoping to see Krishna.
They gave the doorkeepers the fright of their life. They wondered why all these cows and calves wanted to go inside. They had their own ideas. Some of them guessed where they all came from. And a few toyed with the nasty idea that they probably came to break up the yagna.
The guards shouted, “Who are you people? Do you know we are here guarding this gate? Soon there was an array of heavily armed guards standing in rows. They were furious and their eyes were as red as copper. They stood in front of the gate as menacingly as Yamraj’s fiends blocking entry to hell.
Many guards swore and rushed out to beat up those who were standing in front. Sensing the danger, the cow known as Kali, bristling with fury, said to Dhabli, another cow, “Look, look, my dear friend. They are not going to let us in. Are we to return without seeing the auspicious sight of Krishna [Darshan}? They do not know what we are like and how capable we are. I am going to give them the punishment they deserve. I cannot tolerate their awful behaviour anymore. I will kill all of them today.”
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