278 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12

TEXT 13
HMTAA TTA PACTTT-
wat «| - aaaleaatamay: |
Gasca: = ANAT NAM

athagha-namabhyapatan mahasuras
tesam sukha-kridana-viksanaksamah

nityam yad-antar nija-jivitepsubhih
pitamrtair apy amaraih pratiksyate

atha—thereafter; agha-ndma—a very powerful demon by the name
Agha; abhyapatat—appeared on the spot; mahd-asurah—a great,
extremely powerful demon; tesam—of the cowherd boys; sukha-
kridana—the enjoyment of their transcendental pastimes; viksana-
aksamah—being unable to see, he could not tolerate the transcendental
happiness of the cowherd boys; nityam—perpetually; yat-antah—the
end of the life of Aghdsura; nija-jivita-ipsubhih—just to live un-
disturbed by Aghdsura; pita-amrtaih api—although they drank nectar
every day; amaraih—by such demigods; pratiksyate—was also being
awaited (the demigods were also awaiting the death of the great demon

Aghasura).
TRANSLATION

My dear King Pariksit, thereafter there appeared a great demon
named Aghasura, whose death was being awaited even by the
demigods. The demigods drank nectar every day, but still they
feared this great demon and awaited his death. This demon could
not tolerate the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed in the
forest by the cowherd boys.

PURPORT

One may ask how Krsna’s pastimes could be interrupted by a demon.
Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti Thakura answers this question by saying
that although the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed by the cowherd
boys could not be stopped, unless they stopped the transcendental
