First written on March 31, 2007  Revised and Updated Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Srimad Bhagavatham - Chapter 10 - Killing of Pralambasura and Devouring the forest fire A demon called Pralambasura was also sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna. While Krishna and his friends were playing one day, this demon also joined them in the form a young boy. The boys divided themselves into two teams and Krishna was the captain of one team and his brother Balarama for the other. The losing side had to carry the winners on their back. Pralambasura was on the losing side and was asked to carry Balarama. While doing this he started running away with Balarama on his back. As soon as Balarama realized the danger, he smashed Pralambasura' s head and killed him. It must be remembered that Balarama was one of the plenary portions of the supreme lord and had immense strength.    Krishna was brought up by Nand and his clan who were cowherds. One day while he along with his friends were in charge of grazing of the cattle, the cows in their anxiety for fresh grass began to wander and entered a nearby forest. Krishna and other cowherd boys lost track of them. Soon a forest fire broke out and the cows were in great danger of being burnt alive. Krishna and other boys located the cows by following the hoof prints. They found the cows, but were soon surrounded by the fire. The heat and smoke became unbearable and some of them fainted. The cowherd boys had immense faith in Krishna and appealed to him. Krishna swallowed the whole fire and saved both the boys and the cows. Throughout the Vedas, the importance of faith in God is stressed upon. The cowherd boys are the example often quoted by Vedic scholars on their unshakable faith in Krishna though he also appeared as a boy amongst them.   End of Chapter 10 Written by Madhavan T Gopalachary The views, opinions and interpretations are personal. Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them. © Copyright, Jun-09 . MMG Communications. Without prejudice. All rights reserved