Verse Text
unmādavad iha vyādhi-viśeṣo ’py eṣa varṇitaḥ |
parāṁ bhayānakābhāse yat karoti camatkṛtim ||89||
Translation
This sickness called apasmāra has been described separately from sickness, as in the case of unmāda, since it produces an extremely astonishing state with a hint of bhayānaka-rasa (fear).
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
This demoniac demonstration is in relationship with Kṛṣṇa in a ghastly humor. This mellow or flavor is one of the indirect relationships with Kṛṣṇa. The first five kinds of relationships are called direct, and the other seven are called indirect. Some way or other, the demon must have had some relationship with Kṛṣṇa, because these symptoms developed when he heard that Kṛṣṇa had already killed Kaṁsa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī remarks that there is also transcendental excellence in this kind of symptom.