100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 3
ally; divyam—transcendental; sva-pumsam—of His own men; tejah—prow-
ess; adisat—exhibited.
TRANSLATION

Kalayavana, the King of Magadha and Salva attacked the city of
Mathura, but when the city was encircled by their soldiers, the Lord
refrained from killing them personally, just to show the power of His
own men.

PURPORT

After the death of Kamsa, when Mathura was encircled by the soldiers
of Kalayavana, Jarasandha and Salva, the Lord seemingly fled from the
city, and thus He is known as Ranchor, or one who fled from fighting.
Actually, the fact was that the Lord wanted to kill them through the
agency of His own men, devotees like Mucukunda, Bhima, etc. Kalayavana
and the King of Magadha were killed by Mucukunda and Bhima respec-
tively, who acted as agents of the Lord. By such acts the Lord wanted to
exhibit the prowess of His devotees, as if He were personally unable to
fight but His devotees could kill them. The relationship of the Lord with
His devotees is a very happy one. Actually, the Lord descended at the
request of Brahma in order to kill all the undesirables of the world, but to
divide the share of glory He sometimes engaged His devotees to take the
credit. The Battle of Kuruksetra was designed by the Lord Himself, but
just to give credit to His devotee Arjuna (nimitta-matram bhava savyasacin),
He played the part of the charioteer, while Arjuna was given the chance to
play the fighter and thus become the hero of the Battle of Kuruksetra.
What He wants to do Himself by His transcendental plans, He executes
through His confidential devotees. That is the way of the Lord’s mercy
towards His pure unalloyed devotees.

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wat fale am a TIT FT|
TAG CATARACT TTT 112 21
sambaram dvividam banam
muram balvalam eva ca
anyams ca dantavaktradin
avadhit kams ca ghatayat
