Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Verse 21

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.21

āruhyaikā padākramya

śirasy āhāparāḿ nṛpa

duṣṭāhe gaccha jāto 'haḿ

khalānām nanu daṇḍa-kṛt

SYNONYMS

āruhya — rising up; ekā — one of the gopīs; padā — with her foot; ākramya — climbing above; śirasi — the head; āha — said; aparām — to another; nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit); duṣṭa — wicked; ahe — O snake; gaccha — go away; jātaḥ — have taken birth; aham — I; khalānām — on those who are envious; nanu — indeed; daṇḍa — of punishment; kṛt — as the imposer.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, one gopī climbed on another's shoulders and, putting her foot on the other's head, said, "Go away from here, O wicked snake! You should know that I have taken birth in this world just to punish the envious."

PURPORT

Here the gopīs enact Kṛṣṇa's chastisement of Kāliya.

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