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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.2.18

ko amushyāńghri-saroja-renum

vismartum īśīta pumān vijighran

yo visphurad-bhrū-vitapena bhūmer

bhāram kritāntena tiraścakāra

SYNONYMS

kah — who else; — either; amushya — the Lord's; ańghri — feet; saroja-renum — dust of the lotus; vismartumto forget; īśīta — may be able; pumān — person; vijighran — smelling; yah — one who; visphurat — expanding; bhrū-vitapena — by the leaves of the eyebrows; bhūmeh — of the earth; bhāram — burden; krita-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, Krishna has given the deathblow to those who were burdening the earth.

PURPORT

Lord Krishna 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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