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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 3]
to be a worthy son of His parents even at the age of sixteen years. Both brothers, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Baladeva, went to Mathurā from Vṛndāvana and killed Their maternal uncle, who had given so much trouble to Their parents, Vasudeva and Devakī. Kaṁsa was a great giant, and Vasudeva and Devakī never thought that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma (Baladeva) would be able to kill such a great and strong enemy. When the two brothers attacked Kaṁsa on the throne, Their parents feared that now Kaṁsa would finally get the opportunity to kill their sons, whom they had hidden for so long in the house of Nanda Mahārāja. The parents of the Lord, due to parental affection, felt extreme danger, and they almost fainted. Just to convince them that They had actually killed Kaṁsa, Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva pulled Kaṁsa's dead body along the ground to encourage them.
TEXT 2
सान्दीपनेः सकृत्प्रोक्तं ब्रह्माधीत्य सविस्तरम् । तस्मै प्रादाद्वरं पुत्रं मृतं पञ्चजनोदरात् ॥ २ ॥
sāndīpaneḥ sakṛt proktaṁ brahmādhītya savistaram tasmai prādād varaṁ putraṁ mṛtaṁ pañca-janodarāt
sāndīpaneḥ —of Sāndīpani Muni;  sakṛt —once only;  proktam —instructed;  brahma —all the  Vedas  with their different branches of knowledge;  adhītya —after studying;  savistaram —in all details;  tasmai —unto him;  prādāt —rewarded;  varam —benediction;  putram —son;  mṛtam —who was already dead;  pañca-jana —the region of the departed souls;  udarāt —from within.
TRANSLATION
The Lord learned all the  Vedas  with their different branches simply by hearing them once from His teacher, Sāndīpani Muni, whom he rewarded by bringing back his dead son from the region of Yamaloka.
PURPORT
No one but the Supreme Lord can become well-versed in all the branches of Vedic wisdom simply by hearing once from his teacher. Nor can anyone bring a dead body back to life after the soul has already gone to the region of Yamarāja. But Lord Kṛṣṇa ventured to the planet of Yamaloka and found the dead son of His teacher and brought him back to his father as a reward for the instructions received. The Lord is con-