In an act of supreme accessibility and boundless compassion, the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, manifested as the infant Kṛṣṇa. He appeared in a tender, diminutive form, His soft hair, like wisps of fine cotton, too delicate to be gathered into a knot. This very Lord, who is the sovereign of all existence, mercifully partook of the poison offered from the breast of the