Text 26] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 67
forceful whirlwind; haran—and had thus taken away; krsnam—Krsna,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nabhah-gatah—went up to the top
of the sky; gantum—to go further; na asaknot—was not able; bhiri-
bhara-bhrt—because Krsna then became more powerful and heavy than
the demon.

TRANSLATION

Having assumed the form of a forceful whirlwind, the demon
Trnavarta took Krsna very high in the sky, but when Krsna be-
came heavier than the demon, the demon had to stop his force and
could go no further.

PURPORT

Here is a competition in yogic power between Krsna and Trnavar-
tasura. By practicing mystic yoga, asuras generally attain some perfec-
tion in the eight siddhis, or perfections, namely anima, laghima,
mahiméa, prapti, prakamya, isitva, vasitva and kadmdvasdyitd. But al-
though a demon may acquire such powers to a very limited extent, he
cannot compete with the mystic power of Krsna, for Krsna is Yogesvara,
the source of all mystic power (yatra yogesvaro harih). No one can com-
pete with Krsna. Sometimes, of course, having acquired a fragmental
portion of Krsna’s mystic power, asuras demonstrate their power to the
foolish public and assert themselves to be God, not knowing that God is
the supreme Yogesvara. Here also we see that Trnavarta assumed the
mahima-siddhi and took Krsna away as if Krsna were an ordinary child.
But Krsna also became a mystic mahimda-siddha. When mother Yasoda
was carrying Him, He became so heavy that His mother, who was usually
accustomed to carrying Him, could not bear Him and had to place Him
down on the ground. Thus Trnavarta had been able to take Krsna away
in the presence of mother Yasodaé. But when Krsna, high in the sky,
assumed the mahima-siddhi, the demon, unable to go further, was
obliged to stop his force and come down according to Krsna’s desire. One
should not, therefore, compete with Krsna’s mystic power.

Devotees automatically have all mystic power, but they do not like to
compete with Krsna. Instead, they fully surrender to Krsna, and their
yogic power is demonstrated by Krsna’s mercy. Devotees can show
mystic yoga so powerful that a demon could not even dream of it, but
they never try to demonstrate it for their personal sense gratification.
