Text 67] Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead 253

by His glance; vidhiiya—cleansing their sinful activities; vijaye—in vic-
tory; jayam—victory; udvighosya—declaring (the victory for Arjuna);
procya—giving instructions; uddhaviya—unto Uddhava; ca—also;
param—transcendental; samagdét—returned; sva-dhama—to His own
place.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, Lord Sri Krsna created a misunderstanding between
family members just to diminish the burden of the world. Simply
by His glance, He annihilated all the demoniac kings on the Bat-
tlefield of Kuruksetra and declared victory for Arjuna. Finally, He
instructed Uddhava about transcendental life and devotion and
then returned to His abode in His original form.

PURPORT

Paritranaya sddhiinam vinasadya ca duskrtam. The mission of Lord
Krsna was performed on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, for by the Lord’s
mercy Arjuna was victorious due to being a great devotee whereas the
others were killed simply by the Lord’s glance, which cleansed them of
all sinful activities and enabled them to attain sdripya. Finally, Lord
Krsna instructed Uddhava about the transcendental life of devotional
service, and then, in due course of time, He returned to His abode. The
Lord’s instructions in the form of Bhagavad-gitd are full of jridna and
vairagya, knowledge and renunciation. In the human form of life, one
must learn these two things—how to become detached from the material
world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life. This is the
Lord’s mission (paritrénéya sddhiinam vindsdya ca duskrtam). After
executing His complete mission, the Lord returned to His home, Goloka
Vrndavana.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-
fourth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Krsna, the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead.”

—Completed in Bhuvanesvara, India, on the occasion of establishing a
Krsna-Balarama temple.

END OF THE NINTH CANTO
