Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.5

tvaḿ mātuleyo naḥ kṛṣṇa

mitra-dhruń māḿ jighāḿsasi

atas tvāḿ gadayā manda

haniṣye vajra-kalpayā

SYNONYMS

tvam — You; mātuleyaḥ — maternal cousin; naḥ — our; kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa; mitra — to my friends; dhruk — who have committed violence; mām — me; jighāḿsasi — You wish to kill; ataḥ — therefore; tvām — You; gadayā — with my club; manda — O fool; haniṣye — I will kill; vajra-kalpayā — like a thunderbolt.

TRANSLATION

"You are our maternal cousin, Kṛṣṇa, but You committed violence against my friends, and now You want to kill me also. Therefore, fool, I will kill You with my thunderbolt club.

PURPORT

The ācāryas have given the following alternate grammatical division of the third line of this verse: atas tvāḿ gadayā amanda, in which case Dantavakra says, "My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are amanda [not foolish], and therefore with Your powerful club You will now send me back home, back to Godhead." This is the inner meaning of this verse.

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