28 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 6

PURPORT

This verse illustrates the difference between ksatriyas and innocent
vaisyas. By studying the political situation, Vasudeva could see what
would happen, whereas Nanda Maharaja, the king of the agriculturalists,
could only guess that Vasudeva was a great saintly person and had
developed mystic powers. Vasudeva actually had all mystic powers under
his control; otherwise he could not have become the father of Krsna. But
in fact he foresaw the calamities in Vraja by studying Karhsa’s political
activities and thus warned Nanda Maharaja to take precautions, although
Nanda Maharaja thought that Vasudeva had predicted this incident
through wonderful mystic powers. By mystic powers gained through the
practice of hatha-yoga, one can study and understand the future.

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kalevarar parasubhis
chittva tat te vrajaukasah

dire ksiptvavayavaso
nyadahan kdastha-vestitam

kalevaram—the gigantic body of Pitana; parasubhih—with the aid of
axes; chittva—after cutting to pieces; tat—that (body); te—all of those;
vraja-okasah—inhabitants of Vraja; dire —far, far away; ksiptvd—after
throwing; avayavasah—different parts of the body, piece by piece;
nyadahan—burned to ashes; kdstha-vestitam—covered by wood.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Vraja cut the gigantic body of Pitana into
pieces with the help of axes. Then they threw the pieces far away,
covered them with wood and burned them to ashes.

PURPORT

It is the practice that after a snake has been killed, its body is cut into
various pieces for fear that it may come to life again simply by interact-
