Text 33] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 391

kridan—while engaged in His pastimes; vane—in the forest of Vrndavana;
nisi—nocturnal; nisakara—the moon; rasmi-gauryam—white moonshine;
rasa-unmukhah—desiring to dance with; kala-padayata—accompanied by
sweet songs; mircchitena—and melodious music; uddipita—awakened;
smara-rujam—sex desires; vraja-bhyt—the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi; vadhii-
nam—of the wives; hartuh—of the kidnappers; harsyati—will vanquish;
Sirah—the head; dhanada-anugasya—of the follower of the rich Kuvera.

PURPORT

When the Lord was engaged in His pastimes of the rasa dance in the
forest of Vrndavana, enlivening the sexual desires of the wives of the
inhabitants of Vrndavana by sweet and melodious songs, a demon of the
name Sankhacida, a rich follower of the treasurer of heaven [Kuvera],
kidnapped the damsels, and the Lord severed his head from his trunk.

TRANSLATION

We should carefully note that the statements described herein are the
statements of Brahmaji to Narada, and He was speaking to Narada of
events that would happen in future during the advent of Lord Krsna. The
pastimes of the Lord are known to the experts who are able to see past,
present and future, and Brahmaji, being one of them, foretold what
would happen in the future. The killing of Sankhaciida by the Lord is a
more recent incident, after rdsa-lila, and not exactly a simultaneous
affair. In the previous verses we have seen also that the Lord’s engagement
in the forest fire affairs was described along with His pastimes of punishing
the Kaliya snake, and similarly the pastimes of the rasa dance and the
killing of Sankhaciida are also described herein. Fhe adjustment is that all
these incidences would take place in the future, after the time when it was
being foretold by Brahmaji to Narada. The demon Sankhaciida was killed
by the Lord during His pastimes at Horika in the month of Phalguni, and
the same ceremony is still observed in India by the burning of the effigy
of Sankhaciida one day prior to the Lord’s pastimes at Horika generally
known as Joli.

Generally the future appearance and the activities of the Lord or His
incarnations are foretold in the scriptures, and thus the pseudo-incarnations
are unable to cheat persons who are in the knowledge of the events as they
are described in the authoritative scriptures.
