CHAPTER THREE 
 The Lord's Pastimes  
 Out of  
 Vṛndāvana
TEXT 1
उद्धव उवाच
ततः स आगत्य पुरं स्वपित्रो- 
    श्विकीर्षया शं बलदेवसंयुतः । 
    निपात्य तुङ्गाद्रिपुयूथनाथं 
    हतं व्यकर्षद् व्यसुमोजसोर्व्याम् ॥ १ ॥
uddhava uvāca  
 tataḥ sa āgatya puram sva-pitroś  
 cikīrṣayā śam baladeva-samyutaḥ  
 nipātya tuṅgād ripu-yūtha-nātham  
 hatam vyakarṣad vyasum ojasorvyām
śrī uddhavaḥ uvāca—Śrī Uddhava said;  tataḥ —thereafter;  saḥ —the Lord;  āgatya —coming;  puram —the city of Mathurā;  sva-pitroḥ —own parents;  cikīrṣayā —wishing well;  śam —well-being;  baladeva-samyutaḥ —with Lord Baladeva;  nipātya —dragging down;  tuṅgāt —from the throne;  ripu-yūtha-nātham —leader of public enemies;  hatam —killed;  vyakarṣat —pulled;  vyasum —on the ground;  ojasā —by strength;  urvyām —very great.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Uddhava said: Thereafter Lord Kṛṣṇa went to Mathurā City with Śrī Baladeva, and to please Their parents They dragged Kamsa, the leader of public enemies, down from his throne and killed him, pulling him along the ground with great strength.
PURPORT
King Kamsa's death is only briefly described here because such pastimes are vividly and elaborately described in the Tenth Canto. The Lord proved
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