Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 78 Verse 4

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 78: The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.4

gadām udyamya kārūṣo

mukundaḿ prāha durmadaḥ

diṣṭyā diṣṭyā bhavān adya

mama dṛṣṭi-pathaḿ gataḥ

SYNONYMS

gadām — his club; udyamya — wielding; kārūṣaḥ — the King of Karūṣa (Dantavakra); mukundam — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; prāha — said; durmadaḥ — intoxicated by foolish pride; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; bhavān — You; adya — today; mama — my; dṛṣṭi — of the sight; patham — into the path; gataḥ — come.

TRANSLATION

Raising his club, the reckless King of Karūṣa said to Lord Mukunda, "What luck! What luck — to have You come before me today!

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that after having waited for three lifetimes, Dantavakra, formerly a gatekeeper in Vaikuṇṭha, could now return to the spiritual world. Therefore the transcendental meaning of his statement is: "How fortunate! How fortunate I am that today I can return to my constitutional position in the spiritual world!"

In the next verse, Dantavakra will refer to Kṛṣṇa as mātuleya, a maternal cousin. Dantavakra's mother, Śrutaśravā, was the sister of Kṛṣṇa's father, Vasudeva.

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