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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 6]
PURPORT
This verse illustrates the difference between  kṣatriyas  and innocent  vaiśyas . By studying the political situation, Vasudeva could see what would happen, whereas Nanda Mahārāja, the king of the agriculturalists, could only guess that Vasudeva was a great saintly person and had developed mystic powers. Vasudeva actually had all mystic powers under his control; otherwise he could not have become the father of Krṣṇa. But in fact he foresaw the calamities in Vraja by studying Kaṁsa's political activities and thus warned Nanda Mahārāja to take precautions, although Nanda Mahārāja thought that Vasudeva had predicted this incident through wonderful mystic powers. By mystic powers gained through the practice of  haṭha-yoga , one can study and understand the future.
TEXT 33
कलेवरं परशुभिश्छित्वा तत्ते व्रजौकसः । दूरे क्षिप्त्वावयवशो न्यदहन् काष्ठवेष्टितम् ॥३३॥
kalevaram paraśubhiś chittvā tat te vrajaukasaḥ dūre kṣiptvāvayavaśo nyadahan kāṣṭha-veṣṭitam
kalevaram —the gigantic body of Pūtanā;  paraśubhiḥ —with the aid of axes;  chittvā —after cutting to pieces;  tat —that (body);  te —all of those;  vraja-okasaḥ —inhabitants of Vraja;  dūre —far, far away;  kṣiptvā —after throwing;  avayavaśaḥ —different parts of the body, piece by piece;  nyadahan —burned to ashes;  kāṣṭha-veṣṭitam —covered by wood.
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Vraja cut the gigantic body of Pūtanā into pieces with the help of axes. Then they threw the pieces far away, covered them with wood and burned them to ashes.
PURPORT
It is the practice that after a snake has been killed, its body is cut into various pieces for fear that it may come to life again simply by interact-