Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Verse 3

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 25: Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.25.3

aho śrī-mada-māhātmyaḿ

gopānāḿ kānanaukasām

kṛṣṇaḿ martyam upāśritya

ye cakrur deva-helanam

SYNONYMS

aho — just see; śrī — because of opulence; mada — of intoxication; māhātmyam — the great extent; gopānām — of the cowherds; kānana — in the forest; okasām — who dwell; kṛṣṇam — Kṛṣṇa; martyam — an ordinary human; upāśritya — taking shelter of; ye — who; cakruḥ — have committed; deva — against the demigods; helanam — offense.

TRANSLATION

[Indra said:] Just see how these cowherd men living in the forest have become so greatly intoxicated by their prosperity! They have surrendered to an ordinary human being, Kṛṣṇa, and thus they have offended the gods.

PURPORT

Of course, Indra was really saying that the cowherd men had offended him, Indra, by taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa, whom Indra considered to be martya, a mortal. This was certainly a gross miscalculation on Indra's part.

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