Text 14] The Killing of the Demon Aghasura 279
pleasure of their various activities they could not eat their lunch.
Therefore at lunchtime Aghasura appeared by the arrangement of
yogamay4, so that for the time being they could stop their activities and
take lunch. Changing varieties are the mother of enjoyment. The
cowherd boys would continuously play, then stop, and then again enjoy
in a different way. Therefore every day a demon would come and inter-
rupt their sporting pastimes. The demon would be killed, and then the
boys would engage again in their transcendental pastimes.
TEXT 14
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BATT = SUCATATTAT:
FATA: A THAT AA: |
wt TH Aleraarewt-
~ AY e o
aad was eT NEI
drstvarbhakan krsna-mukhan aghdsurah
kamsanusistah sa baki-bakanujah
ayam tu me sodara-ndsa-krt tayor
dvayor mamainam sa-balam hanisye
drstva—after seeing; arbhakdn—all the cowherd boys; krsna-
mukhén—headed by Krsna; aghdsurah—the demon by the name
Aghasura; karhsa-anusistah—sent by Karnsa; sah—he (Aghasura);
baki-baka-anujah—the younger brother of Pitand and Bakasura;
ayam—this Krsna; tu—indeed; me—my; sodara-ndsa-krt—the killer
of my brother and sister; tayoh—for my brother and sister; dvayoh—
for those two; mama—my; enam—Krsna; sa-balam—along with His
assistants, the cowherd boys; hanisye—I shall kill.
TRANSLATION
Aghasura, who had been sent by Karhsa, was the younger
brother of Patana and Bakasura. Therefore when he came and saw
Krsna at the head of all the cowherd boys, he thought, ‘This
Krsna has killed my sister and brother, Pitana and Bakasura.
Therefore, in order to please them both, I shall kill this Krsna,
along with His assistants, the other cowherd boys.”
