32 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1

PURPORT

One’s maternal uncle, the brother of one’s mother, is on the lével of
one’s father. When a maternal uncle has no son, his nephew legally in-
herits his property. Therefore, why did Krsna directly kill Karnsa, the
brother of His mother? Maharaja Pariksit was very much inquisitive
about the facts in this regard.

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deham manusam asritya

kati varsadni vrsnibhih
yadu-puryam sahavatsit

patnyah katy abhavan prabhoh

deham—body; mdnusam—exactly like a man; dsritya—accepting;
kati varséni—how many years; vrsnibhih—in the company of the
Vrsnis, those who were born in the Vrsni family; yadu-puryaém—in
Dvaraka, in the residential quarters of the Yadus; saha—with; avatsit—
the Lord lived; patnyah—wives; kati—how many; abhavan—were

there; prabhoh—of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material
body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did
He live with the descendants of Vrsni? How many wives did He
marry, and for how many years did He live in Dvaraka?

PURPORT

In many places the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as
sac-cid-dnanda-vigraha, possessing a spiritual, blissful body. His bodily
feature is nardkrti, that is, exactly like that of a human being. Here the
same idea is repeated in the words mdnusam Gsritya, which indicate that
He accepts a body exactly like that of a man. Everywhere it is confirmed
