Kamsa Sends Akrira for Krsna 237

bolt of Indra. But Krsna immediately caught his horns and tossed him
away, just as a gigantic elephant repels a small inimical elephant. Although
the demon appeared to be very tired and although he was perspiring, he
took courage and got up. Again he charged Krsna with great force and
anger. While rushing towards Krsna, he breathed very heavily. Krsna again
caught his horns and immediately threw him on the ground, breaking his
horns. Krsna then began to kick his body, just as one squeezes a wet cloth
on the ground. Being thus kicked by Krsna, Aristasura rolled over and
began to move his legs violently. Bleeding and passing stool and urine, his
eyes starting from their sockets, he passed to the kingdom of death.

The demigods in the celestial planets began to shower flowers on Krsna
for His wonderful achievements. Krsna was already the life and soul of the
inhabitants of Vrndavana, and after killing this demon in the shape of a
bull, He became the cynosure of all eyes. With Balarama, He triumphantly
entered Vrndavana village, and the inhabitants glorified Him and Balarama
with great jubilation. When a person performs some wonderful feat, his
kinsmen and relatives and friends naturally become jubilant.

It was after this incident that the great sage Narada disclosed the secret
of Krsna. Narada Muni is generally known as devadarsana, which means
that he can be seen only by demigods or persons on the same level with
the demigods. But Narada visited Kamsa, who was not at all on the level
of the demigods, and yet Kamsa saw him. Of course Kamsa also saw Krsna,
what to speak of Narada Muni, but generally one must have purified eyes
to see the Lord and His devotees. Of course, by association with a pure
devotee, one can derive an imperceptible benefit, which is called
ajfiatasukrti. He cannot understand how he is making progress, yet he
makes progress by seeing the devotee of the Lord. Narada Muni’s mission
was to finish things quickly. Krsna appeared to kill the demons, and Kamsa
was the chief among them. Narada wanted to expedite things; therefore, he

immediately approached Kamsa with all the real information. “You are to
be killed by the eighth son of Vasudeva,” Narada told Kamsa. “That eighth

son is Krsna. You were misled by Vasudeva into believing that the eighth
issue of Vasudeva was a daughter. Actually, the daughter was born of
Yasoda, the wife of Nanda Maharaja, and Vasudeva exchanged the
daughter, so you were misled. Krsna is the son of Vasudeva, as is Balarama.
Being afraid of your atrocious nature, Vasudeva has tactfully hidden Them
in Vrndavana, out of your sight.” Narada further informed Kamsa, “Krsna
and Balarama have been living incognito in the care of Nanda Maharaja. All
the asuras, your companions who were sent to Vrndavana to kill different
children, were all killed by Krsna and Balarama.”
