262 ” Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 11

Jighamsayainam dsddya
nasyanty agnau patangavat

atha api—although they come to attack; abhibhavanti—they are able
to kill; enam—this boy; na—not; eva—certainly; te—all of them;
ghora-darsanah—very fierce looking; jighdmsaya—because of envy;
enam—unto Krsna; dsddya—approaching; nasyanti—are vanquished
(death occurs to the aggressor); agnau—in fire; patariga-vat—like flies.

TRANSLATION

Although the causes of death, the daityas, were very fierce, they
could not kill this boy Krsna. Rather, because they came to kill in-
nocent boys, as soon as they approached they themselves were
killed, exactly like flies attacking a fire.

PURPORT

Nanda Maharaja innocently thought, ‘“‘Perhaps this boy Krsna for-
merly killed all these demons, and therefore in this life they are envious
and are attacking Him. But Krsna is a fire, and they are flies, and in a
fight between fire and flies, the fire is always victorious.” Fighting is al-
ways taking place between the demons and the power of the Supreme
Personality. Paritréndya sddhinam vindsdya ca duskrtam (Bg. 4.8).
Anyone who is against the control of the Supreme Personality of God-
head must be killed, life after life. Ordinary living beings are subject to
karma, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always victorious over
the demons.

TEXT 57

wat aahiat Tat ee: ated Bee Fag |
TH AE ATAAIMUA WT AT Nol

aho brahma-vidam vdaco
nasatyah santi karhicit

gargo yad aha bhagavan
anvabhdvi tathaiva tat

aho—how wonderful it is; brahma-vidim—of persons who have full
knowledge of Brahman, transcendence; vdcah—the words; na—never;
