92 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 3

to be a worthy son of His parents even at the age of sixteen years. Both
brothers, Lord Krsna and Lord Baladeva, went to Mathura from Vrndavana
and killed Their maternal uncle, who had given so much trouble to Their
parents, Vasudeva and Devaki. Kamsa was a great giant, and Vasudeva and
Devaki never thought that Krsna and Balarama (Baladeva) would be able
to kill such a great and strong enemy. When the two brothers attacked
Kamsa on the throne, Their parents feared that now Kamsa would finally
get the opportunity to kill their sons, whom they had hidden for so long
in the house of Nanda Maharaja. The parents of the Lord, due to parental
affection, felt extreme danger, and they almost fainted. Just to convince
them that They had actually killed Kamsa, Krsna and Baladeva pulled
Kamsa’s dead body along the ground to encourage them.

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AAA: AHA MATT AARATT |
TH Tet GH ad TAMARA NI

sandipaneh sakrt proktam
brahmadhitya savistaram

tasmai pradad varam putram
mrtam pafica-janodarat

sandipaneh—of Sandipani Muni; sakrt—once only; proktam—instructed;
brahma—all the Vedas with their different branches of knowledge;
adhitya—after studying; savistaram—in all details; tasmai—unto him;
pradat—rewarded; varam—benediction; putram—son; mrtam—who was
already dead; pafica-jana—the region of the departed souls; udarat—from
within.

TRANSLATION

The Lord learned all the Vedas with their different branches simply by
hearing them once from His teacher, Sandipani Muni, whom he rewarded
by bringing back his dead son from the region of Yamaloka.

PURPORT

No one but the Supreme Lord can become well-versed in all the
branches of Vedic wisdom simply by hearing once from his teacher. Nor
can anyone bring a dead body back to life after the soul has already gone
to the region of Yamaraja. But Lord Krsna ventured to the planet of
Yamaloka and found the dead son of His teacher and brought him back to
his father as a reward for the instructions received. The Lord is con-
