Storia do Mogor 247.12

247.12

When Krishna had grown bigger he stole from his cowherd foster-parents a large quantity of butter. He had decided on flight with the proceeds of this theft in order to escape from the hands of his cowherd brothers, just as he had done from those of the king, his uncle. But this time he was not so fortunate, and having been made a prisoner by the cowherds, he was tied to a post and well beaten. On growing older, he went out to fight in person against the king, his uncle, and, after many battles, put him to death. When he found himself delivered from this powerful enemy, he longed to take some rest. After having married two wives, he took to frequenting houses of ill fame along with sixteen thousand cowherds. But as he had not forgotten the whipping given him in their house, he was unwilling to incur the danger of another, and one night multiplied himself into several like himself. At one and the same time he visited all the courtesans, and sold to each his favours, so that through the love they cherished for him they forsook all the others. After all these tricks he played one still more audacious.