Text 29] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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which was lurking there, its tongue emitting waves of poison. Who can perform such Herculean tasks but the Supreme Lord?
TEXT 29
तत् कर्म दिव्यमिव यन्निशि निःशयानं
दावाग्निना शुचिवने परिदह्यमाने ।
उन्नेष्यति व्रजमतोऽवसितान्तकालं
नेत्रे पिधाप्य सबलोऽनधिगम्यवीर्यः॥२९॥
tat karma divyam iva yan niśi niḥśayānam dāvāgninā śuci-vane paridahyamāne unneṣyati vrajam ato'vasitānta-kālam netre pidhāpya sabalo'nadhigamya-vīryaḥ
tat—that; karma—activity; divyam—superhuman; iva—like; yat—which; niśi—at night; niḥśayānam—sleeping carefreely; dāva-agninā—by the flare of the forest fire; śuci-vane—in the dry forest; paridahyamāne—being set ablaze; unneṣyati—would deliver; vrajam—all the inhabitants of Vraja; ataḥ—hence; avasita—surely; anta-kālam—last moments of life; netre—on the eyes; pidhāpya—simply by closing; sabalaḥ—along with Baladeva; anadhigamya—unfathomable; vīryaḥ—prowess.
TRANSLATION
On the very night of the day of the chastisement of the Kāliya snake, when the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi were sleeping carefreely, there was a forest fire ablaze due to dry leaves, and it appeared that all the inhabitants were sure to meet their death. But the Lord, along with Balarāma, saved them simply by closing His eyes. Such are the superhuman activities of the Lord.
PURPORT
Although in this verse the Lord's activity has been described as superhuman, it should be noted that the Lord's activities are always superhuman, and that distinguishes Him from the ordinary living being. Uprooting a gigantic banyan or  arjuna  tree and extinguishing a blazing forest fire simply