Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.24

sa tvam prabho 'dya vasudeva-grihe 'vatīrnah

svāmśena bhāram apanetum ihāsi bhūmeh

akshauhinī-śata-vadhena suretarāmśa-

rājñām amushya ca kulasya yaśo vitanvan

SYNONYMS

sah — He; tvam — You; prabho — O master; adya — now; vasudeva-grihe — in the home of Vasudeva; avatīrnah — have descended; sva — with Your own; amśena — direct expansion (Lord Balarāma); bharam — the burden; apanetum — to remove; iha — here; asi — You are; bhūmeh — of the earth; akshauhinī — of the armies; śata — hundreds; vadhena — by killing; sura-itara — of the opponents of the demigods; amśa — who are expansions; rājñām — of the kings; amushya — of this; ca — and; kulasya — dynasty (of the descendants of Yadu); yaśah — the fame; vitanvan — spreading.

TRANSLATION

You are that very same Supreme Person, my Lord, and You have now appeared in the home of Vasudeva with Your plenary portion. You have done this to relieve the earth's burden by killing hundreds of armies led by kings who are expansions of the demigods' enemies, and also to spread the fame of our dynasty.

PURPORT

The term suretarāmśa-rājñām indicates that the demoniac kings slain by Krishna were in fact expansions or incarnations of the enemies of the demigods. This fact is elaborately explained in the Mahābhārata, which reveals the specific identities of the demoniac kings.

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