382 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Chi?
"i S
2 ben!
Syed Raa aAa APTA
tokena jiva-haranam yad uliiki-kayds
trai-masikasya ca pada sakato’paurttah
yad ringatantaragatena divi-sprsor va
unmilanam tv itaratharjunayor na bhavyam
tokena—by a child; jiva-haranam—killing a living being; yat—one which;
ulitki-kayah—assumed the giant body of a demon; trai-masikasya—of one
who is only three months old; ca—also; padd—by the leg; sakatah upaurt-
tah—turned over the cart; yat—one who; ringata—while crawling; antara-
gatena—being overtaken;divi—high in the sky; sprsoh—touching; va—either;
unmilanam—uprooting; tu—but; itaratha—anyone else than; arjunayoh—
of the two arjuna trees; na bhavyam—was not possible.
TRANSLATION
There is no doubt about Lord Krsna’s being the Supreme Lord, other-
wise how was it possible for Him to kill a giant demon like Piitana when
He was just on the lap of His mother, to overturn a cart with His leg when
He was only three months old, to uproot a pair of arjuna trees, so high
that they touched the sky, when He was only crawling. All these activities
are not possible for anyone other than the Lord Himself.
PURPORT
One cannot manufacture a God by one’s mental speculation or by
numerical votes, as has become a practice for the less intelligent class of
men. God is God eternally, and an ordinary living entity is eternally a part
and parcel of God. God is one without a second, and the ordinary living
entities are many without number. All such living entities are maintained
by God Himself, and that is the verdict of the Vedic literatures. When Krsna
was on the lap of His mother, the demon Putana appeared before His
mother and prayed to nurture the child in her lap. Mother Yasoda agreed,
and the child was transferred onto the lap of Piitana, who was in the garb
