Vasudev walked through the pouring rain, holding his newborn baby close to his chest, safe from the wind and the wet, trusting in the divine voice. But when he came to the river Yamuna, he saw that the great river was in flood. The bridge had been washed away, and no boat would be able to cross that furious flood.

Vasudev despaired - how would he cross the river? Yet he had to obey the divine voice. Vasudev stepped into the angry waters, the baby held high above his head. The river rose higher and higher, the waves grew ever more furious, and Vasudev feared for his life.

But the newborn baby laughed, and put its tiny foot out of its swaddling sheets and touched the waves. All at once the river stopped raging, the waves grew still and the water level subsided.

And from the river rose a huge serpent. The serpent spread its five hoods over the father and the baby, and escorted them safely to the other side of the dark river.

Vasudev climbed out onto the far bank of the Yamuna. Silently he marvelled at the wonders he had seen, but hurried on to find the house of Nand, chief of the cowherds of Gokul.

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