Text 8] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 49
PURPORT
Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti Thakura has commented on this verse as
follows. When Lord Krsna was of a very tender age, His hands and legs
resembled soft new leaves, yet simply by touching the handcart with His
legs, He made the cart fall to pieces. It was quite possible for Him to act
in this way and yet not exert Himself very much. The Lord in His
Vamana avatara had to extend His foot to the greatest height to penetrate
the covering of the universe, and when the Lord killed the gigantic
demon Hiranyakasipu, He had to assume the special bodily feature of
Nrsimhadeva. But in His Krsna avatdra, the Lord did not need to exert
such energy. Therefore, krsnas tu bhagavan svayam: Krsna is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In other incarnations, the
Lord had to exert some energy according to the time and circumstances,
but in this form He exhibited unlimited potency. Thus the handcart col-
lapsed, its joints broken, and all the metal pots and utensils scattered.
The Vaisnava-tosani remarks that although the handcart was higher
than the child, the child could easily touch the wheel of the cart, and this
was sufficient to send the demon down to the earth. The Lord |
simultaneously pushed the demon to the earth and superficially broke
the handcart.
TEXT 8
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wy at a Tae fava i tl
drstva yasodé-pramukha vraja-striya
autthanike karmani yah samdagatah
nandddayas cddbhuta-darsanékulah
katham svayam vai sakatam viparyagat
drstvaé—after seeing; yasodd-pramukhah—headed by mother Yasoda;
vraja-striyah—all the ladies of Vraja; autthdnike karmani—in the
celebration of the utthdna ceremony; ya4h—those who; samaégatah—
