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THE DIVINE CHILDHOOD 167 again, then another, and another, and another. But it was all to no purpose. All the ropes of the farmhouse, added to one another, were not long enough to tie the hands of the Lord of the Universe. Then a great awe fell upon Yasoda, and she began to feel the vision of the Universe stealing over her again. But the Child, seeing that His mother was tired, hunting here and there for ropes, and trying to tie His hands, submitted Himself, and became good, and immediately one rope was found enough with which to fasten the little wrists.

And so the time passed, till He was seven or eight years of age. Then the cowherds moved away from Gokool to the forests of Brindaban. And Krishna, being now joined by His elder brother Bolar^ma, was allowed to go daily to the pastures with the other lads tending their father's herds.