Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 2: Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.2.18

ko vā amuṣyāńghri-saroja-reṇuḿ

vismartum īśīta pumān vijighran

yo visphurad-bhrū-viṭapena bhūmer

bhāraḿ kṛtāntena tiraścakāra

SYNONYMS

kaḥ — who else; — either; amuṣya — the Lord's; ańghri — feet; saroja-reṇum — dust of the lotus; vismartumto forget; īśīta — may be able; pumān — person; vijighran — smelling; yaḥ — one who; visphurat — expanding; bhrū-viṭapena — by the leaves of the eyebrows; bhūmeḥ — of the earth; bhāram — burden; kṛta-antena — by death-blows; tiraścakāra — executed.

TRANSLATION

Who, after smelling the dust of His lotus feet even once, could ever forget it? Simply by expanding the leaves of His eyebrows, Kṛṣṇa has given the deathblow to those who were burdening the earth.

PURPORT

Lord Kṛṣṇa cannot be accepted as one of the human beings, even though He played the role of an obedient son. His actions were so extraordinary that by the simple raising of His eyebrows He could deliver death-blows to those who were burdening the earth.

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