Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 3: The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.3.1

uddhava uvāca

tataḥ sa āgatya puraḿ sva-pitroś

cikīrṣayā śaḿ baladeva-saḿyutaḥ

nipātya tuńgād ripu-yūtha-nāthaḿ

hataḿ vyakarṣad vyasum ojasorvyām

SYNONYMS

uddhavaḥ uvācaŚrī Uddhava said; tataḥ — thereafter; saḥ — the Lord; āgatya — coming; puramto the city of Mathurā; sva-pitroḥ — own parents; cikīrṣayā — wishing well; śam — well-being; baladeva-saḿyutaḥ — with Lord Baladeva; nipātya — dragging down; tuńgāt — from the throne; ripu-yūtha-nātham — leader of public enemies; hatam — killed; vyakarṣat — pulled; vyasum — dead; ojasā — by strength; urvyām — on the ground.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Uddhava said: Thereafter Lord Kṛṣṇa went to Mathurā City with Śrī Baladeva, and to please Their parents They dragged Kaḿsa, the leader of public enemies, down from his throne and killed him, pulling him along the ground with great strength.

PURPORT

King Kaḿsa's death is only briefly described here because such pastimes are vividly and elaborately described in the Tenth Canto. The Lord proved to be a worthy son of His parents even at the age of sixteen years. Both brothers, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Baladeva, went to Mathurā from Vṛndāvana and killed Their maternal uncle, who had given so much trouble to Their parents, Vasudeva and Devakī. Kaḿsa was a great giant, and Vasudeva and Devakī never thought that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma (Baladeva) would be able to kill such a great and strong enemy. When the two brothers attacked Kaḿsa on the throne, Their parents feared that now Kaḿsa would finally get the opportunity to kill their sons, whom they had hidden for so long in the house of Nanda Mahārāja. The parents of the Lord, due to parental affection, felt extreme danger, and they almost fainted. Just to convince them that They had actually killed Kaḿsa, Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva pulled Kaḿsa's dead body along the ground to encourage them.

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