Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 51 Verse 12

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.51.12

sa tāvat tasya ruṣṭasya

dṛṣṭi-pātena bhārata

deha-jenāgninā dagdho

bhasma-sād abhavat kṣaṇāt

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he, Kālayavana; tāvat — that much; tasya — of him, the awakened man; ruṣṭasya — who was angered; dṛṣṭi — of the glance; pātena — by the casting; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit Mahārāja); deha-jena — generated in his own body; agninā — by the fire; dagdhaḥ — burned; bhasma-sāt — to ashes; abhavat — he was; kṣaṇāt — in a moment.

TRANSLATION

The awakened man was angry and cast his glance at Kālayavana, whose body burst into flames. In a single moment, O King Parīkṣit, Kālayavana was burnt to ashes.

PURPORT

The man who incinerated Kālayavana with his glance was named Mucukunda. As he will explain to Lord Kṛṣṇa, he had fought for a long time on behalf of the demigods, finally taking as his benediction the right to sleep undisturbed. The Hari-vaḿśa explains that he secured the further benediction of being able to destroy anyone who disturbed his sleep. Ācārya Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura quotes from the Śrī Hari-vaḿśa as follows:

prasuptaḿ bodhayed yo māḿ

taḿ daheyam ahaḿ surāḥ

cakṣuṣā krodha-dīptena

evam āha punaḥ punaḥ

"Again and again Mucukunda said, 'O demigods, with eyes blazing with anger, may I incinerate anyone who awakens me from sleep.' "

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Mucukunda made this rather morbid request to scare Lord Indra, who, Mucukunda thought, might otherwise wake him repeatedly to request his help in fighting Indra's cosmic enemies. Indra's consent to Mucukunda's request is described in Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa as follows:

proktaś ca devaiḥ saḿsuptaḿ

yas tvām utthāpayiṣyati

deha-jenāgninā sadyaḥ

sa tu bhasmī-kariṣyati

"The demigods declared, 'Whoever awakens you from sleep will suddenly be burnt to ashes by a fire generated from his own body.' "

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