Verse Text
brahma-rudrādi-mohanaṁ, yathā –
mohitaḥ śiśu-kṛtau pitāmaho
hanta śambhur api jṛmbhito raṇe |
yena kaṁsa-ripuṇādya tat-puraḥ
ke mahendra vibudhā bhavad-vidhāḥ ||196||
Translation
An example of His extraordinary ability to bewilder Brahma, Śiva and others is illustrated as follows: Brahmā was bewildered by Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Kaṁsa when he stole the boys and calves. In battle with Kṛṣṇa, Śiva was put to sleep. O Indra, compared to Kṛṣṇa, who are you devatās now?
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Nārada spoke these joking words to Indra who was pompously speaking after the battle of arrows for retrieving his parijāta tree. The word “now” (adya) indicates that Indra has just been defeated.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
When Indra was defeated by Kṛṣṇa in the matter of taking the pārijāta plant from heaven, Nārada met Indra and criticized him, “O Indra, great King of heaven, Kṛṣṇa has already defeated Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. So what can be said of an insignificant demigod like you?” Nārada Muni, of course, was criticizing Indra jokingly, and Indra enjoyed it. In Nārada’s statement it is confirmed that Kṛṣṇa was able to illusion even Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, as well as Indra. So there is no question of Kṛṣṇa’s power to do the same to lesser living entities.