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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.3
SYNONYMS
avatīrya — after descending; yadoh vamśe — in the dynasty of Yadu; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhūta-bhāvanah — who is the cause of the cosmic manifestation; kritavān — executed; yāni — whatever (activities); viśva-ātmā — the Supersoul of the entire universe; tāni — all of those (activities); nah — unto us; vada — kindly say; vistarāt — elaborately.
TRANSLATION
The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Krishna, the cause of the cosmic manifestation, appeared in the dynasty of Yadu. Please tell me elaborately about His glorious activities and character, from the beginning to the end of His life.
PURPORT
In this verse the words kritavān yāni indicate that all the different activities Krishna performed while present on earth are beneficial to human society. If religionists, philosophers and people in general simply hear the activities of Krishna, they will be liberated. We have described several times that there are two kinds of krishna-kathā, represented by Bhagavad-gītā, spoken personally by Krishna about Himself, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī about the glories of Krishna. Anyone who becomes even slightly interested in krishna-kathā is liberated. Kīrtanād eva krishnasya mukta-sańgah param vrajet (Bhāg. 12.3.51). Simply by chanting or repeating krishna-kathā, one is liberated from the contamination of Kali-yuga. Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised, yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'krishna'-upadeśa (Cc. Madhya 7.128). This is the mission of Krishna consciousness: to hear about Krishna and thus be liberated from material bondage.
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