Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.7.34-35

ye ca pralamba-khara-dardura-keśy-arishta-

mallebha-kamsa-yavanāh kapi-paundrakādyāh

anye ca śālva-kuja-balvala-dantavakra-

saptoksha-śambara-vidūratha-rukmi-mukhyāh

ye vā mridhe samiti-śālina ātta-cāpāh

kāmboja-matsya-kuru-sriñjaya-kaikayādyāh

yāsyanty adarśanam alam bala-pārtha-bhīma-

vyājāhvayena harinā nilayam tadīyam

SYNONYMS

ye — all those; ca — totally; pralamba — the demon named Pralamba; khara — Dhenukāsura; dardura — Bakāsura; keśī — the Keśī demon; arishta — the demon Arishtāsura; malla — a wrestler in the court of Kamsa; ibha — Kuvalayāpīda; kamsa — the King of Mathurā and maternal uncle of Krishna; yavanāh — the kings of Persia and other adjoining places; kapi — Dvivida; paundraka-ādyāh — Paundraka and others; anye — others; ca — as much as; śālva — King Śālva; kuja — Narakāsura; balvala — King Balvala; dantavakra — the brother of Śiśupāla, a dead rival of Krishna's; saptoksha — King Saptoksha; śambara — King Śambara; vidūratha — King Vidūratha; rukmi-mukhyāh — the brother of Rukminī, the first queen of Krishna at Dvārakā; ye — all those; vā — either; mridhe — in the battlefield; samiti-śālinah — all very powerful; ātta-cāpāh — well equipped with bows and arrows; kāmboja — the King of Kāmboja; matsya — the King of Dvarbhańga; kuru — the sons of Dhritarāshtra; sriñjaya — King Sriñjaya; kaikaya-ādyāh — the King of Kekaya and others; yāsyanti — would attain; adarśanam — impersonal merging within the brahmajyoti; alam — what to speak of; bala — Baladeva, the elder brother of Krishna; pārtha — Arjuna; bhīma — the second Pāndava; vyāja-āhvayena — by the false names; harinā — by Lord Hari; nilayam — the abode; tadīyam — of Him.

TRANSLATION

All demonic personalities like Pralamba, Dhenuka, Baka, Keśī, Arishta, Cānūra, Mushtika, Kuvalayāpīda elephant, Kamsa, Yavana, Narakāsura and Paundraka, great marshals like Sālva, Dvivida monkey and Balvala, Dantavakra, the seven bulls, Śambara, Vidūratha and Rukmī, as also great warriors like Kāmboja, Matsya, Kuru, Sriñjaya and Kekaya, would all fight vigorously, either with the Lord Hari directly or with Him under His names of Baladeva, Arjuna, Bhīma, etc. And the demons, thus being killed, would attain either the impersonal brahmajyoti or His personal abode in the Vaikuntha planets.

PURPORT

All manifestations, in both the material and spiritual worlds, are demonstrations of the different potencies of Lord Krishna. The Personality of Godhead Baladeva is His immediate personal expansion, and Bhīma, Arjuna, etc., are His personal associates. The Lord would appear (and He does so whenever He appears) with all His associates and potencies. Therefore the rebellious souls, like the demons and demoniac men, mentioned by names like Pralamba, would be killed either by the Lord Himself or by His associates. All these affairs will be clearly explained in the Tenth Canto. But we should know well that all the above-mentioned living entities killed would attain salvation either by being merged in the brahmajyoti of the Lord or being allowed to enter into the abodes of the Lord called Vaikunthas. This has already been explained by Bhīshmadeva (First Canto). All persons who participated in the Battlefield of Kurukshetra or otherwise with the Lord or with Baladeva, etc., would benefit by attaining spiritual existence according to the situation of their minds at the time of death. Those who recognized the Lord would enter Vaikuntha, and those who estimated the Lord as only a powerful being would attain salvation by merging into the spiritual existence of the impersonal brahmajyoti of the Lord. But every one of them would get release from material existence. Since such is the benefit of those who played with the Lord inimically, one can imagine what would be the position of those who devoutly served the Lord in transcendental relationship with Him.

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