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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.64
chaśamsābhyetya nāradah
bhūmer bhārāyamānānām
SYNONYMS
etat — all these words about the Yadu family and Vrishni family; kamsāya — unto King Kamsa; bhagavān — the most powerful representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śaśamsa — informed (Kamsa, who was in doubt); abhyetya — after approaching him; nāradah — the great sage Nārada; bhūmeh — on the surface of the earth; bhārāyamānānām — of those who were a burden; daityānām ca — and of the demons; vadha-udyamam — the endeavor to kill.
TRANSLATION
Once the great saint Nārada approached Kamsa and informed him of how the demoniac persons who were a great burden on the earth were going to be killed. Thus Kamsa was placed into great fear and doubt.
PURPORT
It has already been discussed that mother earth implored Lord Brahmā to give her relief from the distress created by the burdensome demons and that Lord Brahmā informed her that Lord Krishna Himself was going to appear. Krishna says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.8):
dharma-samsthāpanārthāya
Whenever there is a burden created by the demons and whenever the innocent devotees are distressed by demoniac rulers, the Lord appears in due course of time to kill the demons with the assistance of His real representatives, who are technically called demigods. In the Upanishads it is stated that the demigods are different parts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is the duty of the parts of the body to serve the whole, it is the duty of Krishna's devotees to serve Krishna as He wants. Krishna's business is to kill the demons, and therefore this should be a devotee's business also. Because the people of Kali-yuga are fallen, however, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of kindness for them, did not bring any weapon to kill them. Rather, by spreading Krishna consciousness, love of Krishna, He wanted to kill their nefarious, demoniac activities. This is the purpose of the Krishna consciousness movement. Unless the demoniac activities on the surface of the world are diminished or vanquished, no one can be happy. The program for the conditioned soul is fully described in Bhagavad-gītā, and one simply has to follow these instructions to become happy. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has therefore prescribed:
[Adi 17.21]
Let people chant the Hare Krishna mantra constantly. Then their demoniac tendencies will be killed, and they will become first-class devotees, happy in this life and in the next.
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