Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Krishna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.21

āruhyaikā padākramya

śirasy āhāparām nripa

dushtāhe gaccha jāto 'ham

khalānām nanu danda-krit

SYNONYMS

āruhya — rising up; ekā — one of the gopīs; padā — with her foot; ākramya — climbing above; śirasi — the head; āha — said; aparāmto another; nripaO King (Parīkshit); dushta — wicked; aheO snake; gacchago away; jātah — have taken birth; ahamI; khalānām — on those who are envious; nanu — indeed; danda — of punishment; kritas the imposer.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, one gopī climbed on another's shoulders and, putting her foot on the other's head, said, "Go away from here, O wicked snake! You should know that I have taken birth in this world just to punish the envious."

PURPORT

Here the gopīs enact Krishna's chastisement of Kāliya.

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