Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.67

prithvyāh sa vai guru-bharam kshapayan kurūnām

antah-samuttha-kalinā yudhi bhūpa-camvah

drishtyā vidhūya vijaye jayam udvighoshya

procyoddhavāya ca param samagāt sva-dhāma

SYNONYMS

prithvyāh — on the earth; sah — He (Lord Krishna); vai — indeed; guru-bharam — a great burden; kshapayan — completely finishing; kurūnām — of the personalities born in the Kuru dynasty; antah-samuttha-kalinā — by creating enmity between the brothers by disagreement; yudhi — in the Battle of Kurukshetra; bhūpa-camvah — all the demoniac kings; drishtyā — by His glance; vidhūya — cleansing their sinful activities; vijaye — in victory; jayam — victory; udvighoshya — declaring (the victory for Arjuna); procya — giving instructions; uddhavāya — unto Uddhava; ca — also; param — transcendental; samagāt — returned; sva-dhāma — to His own place.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, Lord Śrī Krishna created a misunderstanding between family members just to diminish the burden of the world. Simply by His glance, He annihilated all the demoniac kings on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra and declared victory for Arjuna. Finally, He instructed Uddhava about transcendental life and devotion and then returned to His abode in His original form.

PURPORT

paritrānāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca dushkritām [Bg. 4.8]. The mission of Lord Krishna was performed on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, for by the Lord's mercy Arjuna was victorious due to being a great devotee whereas the others were killed simply by the Lord's glance, which cleansed them of all sinful activities and enabled them to attain sārūpya. Finally, Lord Krishna instructed Uddhava about the transcendental life of devotional service, and then, in due course of time, He returned to His abode. The Lord's instructions in the form of Bhagavad-gītā are full of jñāna and vairāgya, knowledge and renunciation. In the human form of life, one must learn these two things — how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life. This is the Lord's mission (paritrānāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca dushkritām [Bg. 4.8]). After executing His complete mission, the Lord returned to His home, Goloka Vrindāvana.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead"

END OF THE NINTH CANTO

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