Text 64] The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction 95
tive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sasamsa—informed
(Karnsa, who was in doubt); abhyetya—after approaching him; ndra-
dah—the great sage Narada; bhiimeh—on the surface of the earth;
bhaéraéyamanandm—of those who were a burden; daityanadm ca—and of
the demons; vadha-udyamam—the endeavor to kill.
: TRANSLATION

Once the great saint Narada approached Karnsa and informed
him of how the demoniac persons who were a great burden on the
earth were going to be killed. Thus Karnsa was placed into great
fear and doubt.

PURPORT

It has already been discussed that mother earth implored Lord Brahma
to give her relief from the distress created by the burdensome demons
and that Lord Brahma informed her that Lord Krsna Himself was going
to appear. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (4.8):

paritranaya sddhiinam
vindsdya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

Whenever there is a burden created by the demons and whenever the in-
nocent devotees are distressed by demoniac rulers, the Lord appears in
due course of time to kill the demons with the assistance of His real
representatives, who are technically called demigods. In the Upanisads it
is stated that the demigods are different parts of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. As it is the duty of the parts of the body to serve the whole,
it is the duty of Krsna’s devotees to serve Krsna as He wants. Krsna’s
business is to kill the demons, and therefore this should be a devotee’s
business also. Because the people of Kali-yuga are fallen, however, Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, out of kindness for them, did not bring any
weapon to kill them. Rather, by spreading Krsna consciousness, love of
Krsna, He wanted to kill their nefarious, demoniac activities. This is the
