Krishna saving the gopas from the Munjavana fire
\nOnce, Krishna was playing with the sakhas in the shade of Bhandiravata.
\nNearby, the cows drank water from the Yamuna and began to graze on the lush, green grass in the fields.
\nIn doing so, they gradually wandered off to Munjatavi some distance away.
\nIt was a summer day, and the scorching heat was drying up the munja plants and baking the sand on the ground.
\nThe cows had roamed off without Krishna, and they now entered this munja forest, which was devoid of water and shade.
\nThis Munjatavi was so dense that they lost track of the path by which they had come.
\nOverwhelmed with thirst and heat, the cows became restless.
\nIn their search for the cows, the sakhas had also left Krishna and Balarama and, entering Munjatavi, they too became agitated by thirst and heat.
\nIt was then that the followers of the wicked Kamsa set Munjavana on fire.
\nWithin a moment, the wind had spread the fire everywhere, so that it surrounded the cows and the cowherd boys.
\nSeeing no other means of escape, they began to cry out to Krishna and Baladeva who heard their call and immediately went to them.
\n\u201cClose your eyes for just a moment,\u201d Krishna told them, and in that moment He swallowed the terrible forest fire.
\nUpon opening their eyes, the sakhas saw that they were now standing with Krishna and Baladeva in the cooling shade of Bhandiravata, the cows peacefully lying nearby chewing their cud. <\/p>\n
The jiva suffering in the forest fire of material existence can similarly be easily delivered from this suffering simply by taking shelter of Krishna.
\nAnother name for Munjatavi is Isikatavi.
\nOn the other side of the Yamuna is the village of Bhandira. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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