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The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa
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- On the day of extracting the soma juice, King Yudhiṣṭhira properly and very attentively worshiped the priests and the most exalted personalities of the assembly.
- Therefore we should give the highest honor to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. If we do so, we will be honoring all living beings and also our own selves.
- Upon hearing such intolerable blasphemy of the Lord, several members of the assembly covered their ears and walked out, angrily cursing the King of Cedi.
- Anyone who fails to immediately leave the place where he hears criticism of the Supreme Lord or His faithful devotee will certainly fall down, bereft of his pious credit.
- An effulgent light rose from Śiśupāla’s body and, as everyone watched, entered Lord Kṛṣṇa just like a meteor falling from the sky to the earth.
- Then the Lord, the son of Devakī, took the reluctant permission of the King and returned to His capital with His wives and ministers.
- Female dancers danced with great joy, and choruses sang, while the loud vibrations of vīnās, flutes and hand cymbals reached all the way to the heavenly regions.
- Men and women, all adorned with sandalwood paste, flower garlands, jewelry and fine clothing, sported by smearing and sprinkling one another with various liquids.
- The kettledrums of the gods resounded, along with those of human beings. Demigods, sages, forefathers and humans all poured down showers of flowers.
- My dear Parīkṣit, the Supreme Lord remained there for some time to please the King, after first sending Sāmba and the other Yadu heroes back to Dvārakā.
- I have now replied to your question, O King, concerning why Duryodhana was dissatisfied on the occasion of the great Rājasūya sacrifice.
- The Battle Between Śālva and the Vṛṣṇis
- Lord Śiva said, “So be it.” On his order, Maya Dānava, who conquers his enemies’ cities, constructed a flying iron city named Saubha and presented it to Śālva.
- Seeing His subjects so harassed, the glorious and heroic Lord Pradyumna told them, “Do not fear,” and mounted His chariot.
- When they saw the glorious Pradyumna perform that amazing and mighty feat, all the soldiers on both sides praised Him.
- Wherever Śālva would appear with his Saubha ship and his army, there the Yadu commanders would shoot their arrows.
- With this rule in mind, I removed You from the battlefield, since You had been struck unconscious by Your enemy’s club and I thought You were seriously injured.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva
- Gada, Sātyaki, Sāmba and others began killing Śālva’s army, and thus all the soldiers inside the airship began falling into the ocean, their necks severed.
- The Lord said to Himself: Because I have come here with My respected elder brother, kings partial to Śiśupāla may well be attacking My capital city.
- lva’s hurtling spear lit up the whole sky like a mighty meteor, but Lord Śauri tore the great weapon into hundreds of pieces with His arrows.
- Those who witnessed this all cried out in dismay. Then the master of Saubha roared loudly and addressed Lord Janārdana.
- Having said this, the furious Lord swung His club with frightening power and speed and hit Śālva on the collarbone, making him tremble and vomit blood.
- After Govinda spoke these words, the master of Saubha again appeared, apparently leading Vasudeva before the Lord. Śālva then spoke as follows.
- Such is the account given by some sages, O wise King, but those who speak in this illogical way are contradicting themselves, having forgotten their own previous statements.
- The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa
- His heart shattered by the club’s blow, Dantavakra vomited blood and fell lifeless to the ground, his hair disheveled and his arms and legs sprawling.
- But then Dantavakra’s brother Vidūratha, immersed in sorrow over his brother’s death, came forward breathing heavily, sword and shield in hand. He wanted to kill the Lord.
- Lord Balarāma then heard that the Kurus were preparing for war with the Pāṇḍavas. Being neutral, He departed on the pretext of going to bathe in holy places.
- The very purpose of My descent into this world is to kill such hypocrites who pretend to be religious. Indeed, they are the most sinful rascals.
- O sages, just say the word, and by My mystic power I shall restore everything you promised him-long life, strength and sensory power.
- The sages said: Please see to it, O Rāma, that Your power and that of Your kuśa weapon, as well as our promise and Romaharṣaṇa’s death, all remain intact.
- The sages said: A fearsome demon named Balvala, the son of Ilvala, comes here every new-moon day and contaminates our sacrifice.
- Lord Balarāma Goes on Pilgrimage
- Balvala cried out in agony and fell to the ground, his forehead cracked open and gushing blood. He resembled a red mountain struck by a lightning bolt.
- Wanting to stop the club fight then raging between Bhīma and Duryodhana on the battlefield, Lord Balarāma went to Kurukṣetra.
- Since you are so evenly matched in fighting prowess, I do not see how either of you can win or lose this duel. Therefore please stop this useless battle.
- The all-powerful Lord Balarāma bestowed upon the sages pure spiritual knowledge, by which they could see the whole universe within Him and also see Him pervading everything.
- The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā
- King Parīkṣit said: My lord, O master, I wish to hear about other valorous deeds performed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, whose valor is unlimited.
- The chaste wife of the poverty-stricken brāhmaṇa once approached him, her face dried up because of her distress. Trembling with fear, she spoke as follows.
- O fortunate one, please approach Him, the real shelter of all saints. He will certainly give abundant wealth to such a suffering householder as you.
- The lotus-eyed Supreme Lord felt intense ecstasy upon touching the body of His dear friend, the wise brāhmaṇa, and thus He shed tears of love.
- The people in the royal palace were astonished to see Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of spotless glory, so lovingly honor this shabbily dressed brāhmaṇa.
- Then, as the sun set, the forest was covered by darkness in every direction, and with all the flooding we could not distinguish high land from low.
- Our guru, Sāndīpani, understanding our predicament, set out after sunrise to search for us, his disciples, and found us in distress.
- The Lord Blesses Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa
- If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.
- After saying this, the Supreme Lord ate one palmful and was about to eat a second when the devoted goddess Rukmiṇī took hold of His hand.
- Devotional service to His lotus feet is the root cause of all the perfections a person can find in heaven, in liberation, in the subterranean regions and on earth.
TRANSLATION
How can lamentation, bewilderment, material affection or fear, all born out of ignorance, be ascribed to the infinite Supreme Lord, whose perception, knowledge and power are all similarly infinite?
COMMENTARY
Moreover, it is not actually possible for Kṛṣṇa to experience bewilderment on account of the illusory magic of Śālva. How then did Kṛṣṇa manifest affection and lamentation in regard to Vasudeva, which are both based on such bewilderment? If it was impossible for Kṛṣṇa to be afraid of Śālva, then how did Kṛṣṇa’s Śārṇga bow fall from His hands, which was apparently caused by Salva’s magic?
Śukadeva Gosvāmī answers these questions in this verse. Lamentation and other emotions are of two types: caused by ignorance and caused by knowledge. The emotions described here are possible in people who are ignorant, or do not know everything, or who are dependent on wrong sources of knowledge. But how is it possible in the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa who has unlimited knowledge? Transcendental lamentation and other such spiritual emotions are possible in those who have perfect awareness of the world beyond illusion. This applies to the devotees and the Lord Himself who is the original source of all nectarean rasas arising as sañcārī-bhāvas which are a part of rasa.
This is clearly seen in Kṛṣṇa’s dāmodara-līlā wherein the Lord cried in fear of mother Yasoda’s stick, and in the preliminary loving attrac-tion (pūrva-rāga) of the gopīs during the rāsa-līlā. In the case of fear, the particular fear which caused Kṛṣṇa to run away from Kālayavana should be understood as distinct from both the fear rising out of ignorance and transcendental fear. This is stated by Uddhava, āri-bhayāt palāyanam, “You flee out of fear of the enemy.” (SB 3.4.16) However, if it were real fear then the intelligence of the wise would be erroneous, according to the Bhāgavatāmṛta. Such stories prevent the tasting of nectar, like restricting a horse with a halter.
|| 10.77.32 ||
yat-pāda-sevorjitayātma-vidyayā hinvanty anādyātma-viparyaya-graham
labhanta ātmīyam anantam aiśvaraṁ kuto nu mohaḥ paramasya sad-gateḥ
TRANSLATION
By virtue of self-realization fortified by service rendered to His feet, devotees of the Lord dispel the bodily concept of life, which has bewildered the soul since time immemorial. Thus they attain eternal glory in His personal association. How, then, can that Supreme Truth, the destination of all genuine saints, be subject to illusion?
COMMENTARY
The impossibility of Kṛṣṇa’s being fooled by Śālva’s tricks is further explained in this verse, which states that Kṛṣṇa’s devotees can never be bewildered, so what to speak of the Lord. Therefore, how was it possible for Śālva, a mundane mortal, to bewilder Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the goal of the saintly devotees, who remove the endless delusion of being happy or sad by knowledge of the Lord nourished (ūrjitayā:puṣṭā) by service to His lotus feet. Such devotees attain the opulence of having an eternal personal relationship (labhanta ātmīyam anantam aiśvaraṁ) with Kṛṣṇa in the spiritual world. How could any type of illusion possibly affect the Supreme Personality of Godhead at any time? Therefore these statements are not true.
|| 10.77.33 ||
taṁ śastra-pūgaiḥ praharantam ojasā śālvaṁ śaraiḥ śaurir amogha-vikramaḥ
viddhvācchinad varma dhanuḥ śiro-maṇiṁ saubhaṁ ca śatror gadayā ruroja ha
TRANSLATION
While Śālva continued to hurl torrents of weapons at Him with great force, Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose prowess never fails, shot His arrows at Śālva, wounding him and shattering his armor, bow and crest jewel. Then with His club the Lord smashed His enemy’s Saubha airship.
COMMENTARY
After defeating the opinion of others, Śukadeva continues the story. Kṛṣṇa broke (ruroja) Śālva’s aircraft with His club.
|| 10.77.34 ||
tat kṛṣṇa-hasteritayā vicūrṇitaṁ papāta toye gadayā sahasradhā
visṛjya tad bhū-talam āsthito gadām udyamya śālvo ’cyutam abhyagād drutam
TRANSLATION
Shattered into thousands of pieces by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s club, the Saubha airship plummeted into the water. Śālva abandoned it, stationed himself on the ground, took up his club and rushed toward Lord Acyuta.
COMMENTARY
The Saubha craft (tat) fell into the water after being smashed into a thousand pieces by Kṛṣṇa’s club.
|| 10.77.35 ||
ādhāvataḥ sa-gadaṁ tasya bāhuṁ bhallena chittvātha rathāṅgam adbhutam
vadhāya śālvasya layārka-sannibhaṁ bibhrad babhau sārka ivodayācalaḥ
TRANSLATION
As Śālva rushed at Him, the Lord shot a bhalla dart and cut off his arm that held the club. Having finally decided to kill Śālva, Kṛṣṇa then raised His Sudarśana disc weapon, which resembled the sun at the time of universal annihilation. The brilliantly shining Lord appeared like the easternmost mountain bearing the rising sun.
|| 10.77.36 ||
jahāra tenaiva śiraḥ sa-kuṇḍalaṁ kirīṭa-yuktaṁ puru-māyino hariḥ
vajreṇa vṛtrasya yathā purandaro babhūva hāheti vacas tadā nṛṇām
TRANSLATION
Employing His disc, Lord Hari removed that great magician’s head with its earrings and crown, just as Purandara had used his thunderbolt to cut off Vṛtra’s head. Seeing this, all of Śālva’s followers cried out, “Alas, alas!”
|| 10.77.37 ||
tasmin nipatite pāpe saubhe ca gadayā hate
nedur dundubhayo rājan divi deva-gaṇeritāḥ
sakhīnām apacitiṁ kurvan dantavakro ruṣābhyagāt
TRANSLATION
With the sinful Śālva now dead and his Saubha airship destroyed, the heavens resounded with kettledrums played by groups of demigods. Then Dantavakra, wanting to avenge the death of his friends, furiously attacked the Lord.
COMMENTARY
After performing the last rites for his friends like Śiśupāla, Dantavakra took revenge by angrily attacking Kṛṣṇa.
Thus ends the commentary on the Seventy-seventh Chapter of the Tenth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Seventy-eight
|| 10.78.1-2 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
śiśupālasya śālvasya pauṇḍrakasyāpi durmatiḥ
para-loka-gatānāṁ ca kurvan pārokṣya-sauhṛdam
ekaḥ padātiḥ saṅkruddho gadā-pāṇiḥ prakampayan
padbhyām imāṁ mahā-rāja mahā-sattvo vyadṛśyata
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