Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 51: The Deliverance of Mucukunda

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.51.33

so 'pi bhasmī-kṛto nūnam

ātmīyenaiva pāpmanā

anantaraḿ bhavān śrīmān

lakṣito 'mitra-śāsanaḥ

SYNONYMS

saḥ api — that very person; bhasmī-kṛtaḥ — turned to ashes; nūnam — indeed; ātmīyena — by his own; eva — only; pāpmanā — sinful karma; anantaram — immediately following; bhavān — Your good self; śrīmān — glorious; lakṣitaḥ — observed; amitra — of enemies; śāsanaḥ — the chastiser.

TRANSLATION

The man who woke me was burned to ashes by the reaction of his sins. Just then I saw You, possessing a glorious appearance and the power to chastise Your enemies.

PURPORT

Kālayavana had declared himself the enemy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Yadu dynasty. Through Mucukunda, Śrī Kṛṣṇa destroyed the opposition of that foolish barbarian.

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