Text 29] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 385
which was lurking there, its tongue emitting waves of poison. Who can
perform such Herculean tasks but the Supreme Lord?
TEXT 29
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aq wa feeatha ahahe frat
arate afar eee |
TATA ATAAST THT HS
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aa fry aaatsaherasHRe
tat karma divyam iva yan nisi nihSayanam
davagnina suci-vane paridahyamane
unnesyati vrajam ato ’vasitanta-kalam
netre pidhapya sabalo’nadhigamya-viryah
tat—that; karma—activity; divyam—superhuman; iva—like; yat—which;
nisi—at night; nihsayanam—sleeping carefreely; dava-agninad—by the flare
of the forest fire; suci-vane—in the dry forest; paridahyamane—being set
ablaze; unnesyati—would deliver; vrajam—all the inhabitants of Vraja;
atah—hence; avasita—surely ; anta-kalam—last moments of life; netre—on
the eyes; pidhadpya—simply by closing; sabalah—along with Baladeva;
anadhigamya—unfathomable; viryah—prowess.
TRANSLATION
On the very night of the day of the chastisement of the Kaliya snake,
when the inhabitants of Vrajabhiimi were sleeping carefreely, there was a
forest fire ablaze due to dry leaves, and it appeared that all the inhabitants
were sure to meet their death. But the Lord, along with Balarama, saved
them simply by closing His eyes. Such are the superhuman activities of the
Lord.
PURPORT
Although in this verse the Lord’s activity has been described as super-
human, it should be noted that the Lord’s activities are always superhuman,
and that distinguishes Him from the ordinary living being. Uprooting a
gigantic banyan or arjuna tree and extinguishing a blazing forest fire simply
