Krishna pointed and said, 'Look, the ball is over there, on top of the deep pool, at the crown of the kadamba tree.' He showed them the ball reflected in the water of the deep pool. Looking into the water dizzied their sight. The Lord of the World said, 'This will not do.' 'The ball in the water is only a shadow. Fix your attention upward, on the real one.' They all looked up and saw the real ball in the tree. 'O Gopala, what shall we do now?' they cried. 'How can we bring it down?' The pool was terrifyingly deep and dark. They all shrank back in fear. The One for whose purpose all this was arranged knows the secret. Hari asks each one, according to their understanding, what should be done. Narayana told them to wait below. He climbed the tree Himself. As He climbed higher, the cowherds watched from below. They said, 'We do not understand what You are doing.' 'Our mothers will scold us,' they protested. They covered their own ears and washed their hands of it. Says Tuka, beneath the surface they do not know the true intent. God within does not let them see.