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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
of Śālva. He was displaying His pastime in playing the role of a human being. Great saintly persons and sages who are engaged in the devotional service of the lotus feet of Lord Krṣṇa and who have thus achieved the greatest perfection of self-realization have transcended the bewilderments of the bodily concept of life. Lord Krṣṇa is the ultimate goal of life for such saintly persons. How then could Krṣṇa have been bewildered by the mystic jugglery of Śālva? The conclusion is that Lord Krṣṇa's bewilderment was another opulence of His supreme personality.
When Śālva thought that Krṣṇa had been bewildered by his mystic representations, he became encouraged and began to attack the Lord with greater strength and energy by showering volumes of arrows upon Him. But the enthusiasm of Śālva can be compared to the speedy march of flies into a fire. Lord Krṣṇa, by hurling His arrows with unfathomable strength, injured Śālva, whose armor, bow and jewelled helmet all scattered into pieces. With a crashing blow from Krṣṇa's club, Śālva's wonderful airplane burst into pieces and fell into the sea. Śālva was very careful, and instead of crashing with the airplane, he managed to jump onto the land. He again rushed towards Lord Krṣṇa. When Śālva ran swiftly to attack Krṣṇa with His club, Lord Krṣṇa cut off his hand, which fell to the ground with the club. Finally deciding to kill him, the Lord took up His wonderful disc, which was shining like the brilliant sun at the time of the dissolution of the material creation. When Lord Śrī Krṣṇa stood up with His disc to kill Śālva, He appeared just like the red sun rising over a mountain. Lord Krṣṇa then cut off his head, and the head, with its earrings and helmet, fell on the ground. Śālva was thus killed in the same way as Vṛtrāsura was killed by Indra, the King of heaven.
When Śālva was killed, all his soldiers and followers began to cry, "Alas! Alas!" While Śālva's men were thus crying, the demigods from the heavenly planets showered flowers on Krṣṇa and announced the victory by beating on drums and blowing bugles. At this very moment, other friends of Śiśupāla, such as Dantavakra, appeared on the scene to fight with Krṣṇa in order to avenge the death of Śiśupāla. When Dantavakra appeared before Lord Krṣṇa, he was extremely angry.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-second Chapter, of Krṣṇa, "The Deliverance of Śālva."