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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 12
TEXT 13
अथाघनामाभ्यपतन्महासुर-
स्तेषां सुखक्रीडनवीक्षणाक्षमः ।
नित्यं यदन्तर्निजजीवितेप्सुभिः
पीतामृतैरप्यमरैः प्रतीक्ष्यते ॥१३॥
athāgha-nāmābhyapatan mahāsuras teṣāṁ sukha-krīḍana-vīkṣaṇākṣamaḥ nityaṁ yad-antar nija-jīvitepsubhiḥ pītāmṛtair apy amaraiḥ pratīkṣyate
atha—thereafter; agha-nāma—a very powerful demon by the name Agha; abhyapatat—appeared on the spot; mahā-asuraḥ—a great, extremely powerful demon; teṣāṁ—of the cowherd boys; sukha-krīḍana—the enjoyment of their transcendental pastimes; vīkṣaṇa-akṣamaḥ—being unable to see, he could not tolerate the transcendental happiness of the cowherd boys; nityaṁ—perpetually; yat-antaḥ—the end of the life of Aghāsura; nija-jīvita-īpsubhiḥ—just to live undisturbed by Aghāsura; pīta-amṛtaiḥ api—although they drank nectar every day; amaraiḥ—by such demigods; pratīkṣyate—was also being awaited (the demigods were also awaiting the death of the great demon Aghāsura).
TRANSLATION
My dear King Parikṣit, thereafter there appeared a great demon named Aghāsura, whose death was being awaited even by the demigods. The demigods drank nectar every day, but still they feared this great demon and awaited his death. This demon could not tolerate the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed in the forest by the cowherd boys.
PURPORT
One may ask how Krṣṇa's pastimes could be interrupted by a demon. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura answers this question by saying that although the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed by the cowherd boys could not be stopped, unless they stopped the transcendental