Text 34] The Killing of the Demon Aghasura 295

wait for some time in its individuality, in the presence of all the
demigods.

Krsna is the full effulgence, and every living being is part and parcel
of that effulgence. As proved here, the effulgence in every living being is
individual. For some time, the effulgence remained outside the demon’s
body, individually, and did not mix with the whole effulgence, the
brahmajyoti. The Brahman effulgence is not visible to material eyes, but
to prove that every living being is individual, Krsna had this individual
effulgence stay outside the demon’s body for some time, for everyone to
see. Then Krsna proved that anyone killed by Him attains liberation,
whether sdyujya, sdriipya, samipya or whatever.

But the liberation of those who are on the transcendental platform of
love and affection is vimukti, special liberation. Thus the serpent first en-
tered the body of Krsna personally and mixed with the Brahman
effulgence. This merging is called sd@yujya-mukti. But from later verses
we find that Aghdsura attained sdripya-mukti. Text 38 explains that
Aghasura attained a body exactly like that of Visnu, and the verse after
that also clearly states that he attained a completely spiritual body like
that of Narayana. Therefore in two or three places the Bhagavatam has
confirmed that Aghdsura attained sdriipya-mukti. One may then argue,
How is it that he mixed with the Brahman effulgence? The answer is that
as Jaya and Vijaya, after three births, again attained sdriipya-mukti and
association with the Lord, Aghasura received a similar liberation.

TEXT 34
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waa fim aaftadaton: Rell
tato tihrstah sva-krto "krtarhanam
puspaih sugdé apsarasas ca nartanaih

gitaih surd vadya-dhards ca vadyakaih
stavais ca vipra jaya-nihsvanair ganah

tatah—thereafter; ati-hrstah—everyone becoming very much
pleased; sva-krtah—own respective duty; akrta—executed; arhanam—
