Devanagari
श्रीऋषिरुवाच
मुक्तो भगवता राजन् कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ।
तं पूजयामास मुदा नागपत्न्यश्च सादरम् ॥ ६४ ॥
Verse text
śrī-ṛṣir uvāca
mukto bhagavatā rājan
kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā
taṁ pūjayām āsa mudā
nāga-patnyaś ca sādaram
Synonyms
śrī
—
ṛṣiḥ uvāca — the sage (Śukadeva) said
;
muktaḥ
—
freed
;
bhagavatā
—
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
rājan
—
O King Parīkṣit
;
kṛṣṇena
—
by Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
adbhuta
—
karmaṇā — whose activities are very wonderful
;
tam
—
Him
;
pūjayām āsa
—
worshiped
;
mudā
—
with pleasure
;
nāga
—
of the serpent
;
patnyaḥ
—
the wives
;
ca
—
and
;
sa
—
ādaram — with reverence .
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, having been released by Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose activities are wonderful, Kāliya joined his wives in worshiping Him with great joy and reverence.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, having been released by Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose activities are wonderful, Kāliya joined his wives in worshiping Him with great joy and reverence.
KB 10.16.64
The Lord was pleased with Kāliya and his wives. Immediately after hearing His order, the snake and his wives began to worship Him …
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments as follows on this verse: “The word
adbhuta-karmaṇā
indicates the Lord’s wonderful activities of saving the residents of Vṛndāvana from Kāliya, saving Kāliya himself from Garuḍa, and bestowing grace upon both the victims of violence and the committer of that violence.” The word
kṛṣṇena,
“by Kṛṣṇa,” indicates that because Kāliya’s wives were great devotees of the Lord and offered Him loving affection, Kṛṣṇa withdrew (
karṣaṇam
) both Kāliya’s offense against the Lord’s devotee Garuḍa and that against the residents of Vṛndāvana, who were very dear to Him.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The inhabitants of Vraja were saved from Kaliya and Kaliya was saved from Garuda. In this way there was great benefit for those who were afflicted by violence and for he who committed violence. This is the greatness of Krsna’s action (adbhuta karma). This action was performed by Krsna. The word Krsna suggests in this verse the person who removed (karsana) the offense of Kaliya against the Lord’s devotee Garuda and his very dear devotees of Vraja, by the affectionate request of his wives.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
He was released. This repeats what was said in verse 57. Another version has evam uktā bhagavatā (being spoken to by the Lord thus). It is famous that Kāliya was touched by the Lord’s feet. But then he attained a place with his previous type of happiness. That is the astonishing action of the Lord. He went to the spot which he had previously left out of fear. Garuḍa also respected him and became friendly with him, because he was marked by the Lord’s feet. His hoods became successful by the dancing and the foot dust which was prayed for by Lakṣmī and Brahmā. He received instructions from the Lord, more than the Lord gave to Brahmā and others by which he drunk the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s sweet words in person. Later as a great devotee he worshipped Kṛṣṇa. He ultimately got mercy though by external vision he was punished, and received the highest grace though he was full of anger. Though he was an offender and crushed by Kṛṣṇa’s feet repeatedly, simply by surrender in his heart he attained mercy.
calasi yad vrajāc cārayan paśūn
nalina-sundaraṁ nātha te padam
śila-tṛṇāṅkuraiḥ sīdatīti naḥ
kalilatāṁ manaḥ kānta gacchati
Dear master, dear lover, when you leave the cowherd village to herd the cows, our minds are disturbed with the thought that your feet, more beautiful than a lotus, will be pricked by the spiked husks of grain and the rough grass and plants. SB 10.31.11
His jeweled heads were pulverized by the touch of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet though they were most tender. Kṛṣṇa took great pleasure in dancing in front of the cowherds and perfected sages while at the same time revealing his powers. And he maintained proper grace in his movements on Kāliya’s hoods which were shaking and turning about. All of these are astonishing aspects of Kṛṣṇa’s action. These displayed Kṛṣṇa’s nature as Bhagavān. For this reason word bhagavatā is mentioned in the verse. Because he was omniscient, Śukadeva described this pastime completely. Thus Suta calls him śṛi-ṛṣiḥ (one who sees everything) in the verse. Nāga refers to Kāliya. Rājan (O person shining with intelligence)! You can understand this pastime and its reasons. Kāliya worshipped Kṛṣṇa in joy, because he realized Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. With prema (sādaram) his wives worshipped Kṛṣṇa with their hands, offering perfumes and ointments.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Muktaḥ means the Lord got off his head or that he was released. This repeats what was said in verse 57. Another version has evam uktā bhagavatā (being spoken to by the Lord thus). It is famous that Kāliya was touched by the Lord’s feet. But then he attained a place with his previous type of happiness. That is the astonishing action of the Lord. He went to the spot which he had previously left out of fear. Garuḍa also respected him and became friendly with him, because he was marked by the Lord’s feet. His hoods became successful by the dancing and the foot dust which was desired by Lakṣmī and Brahmā. He received instructions from the Lord, more than the Lord gave to Brahmā and others, by which he drank the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s sweet words in person. Later, as a great devotee he worshipped Kṛṣṇa because he ultimately got mercy, though by external vision he was punished, and received the highest grace, though he had been full of anger. Though he was an offender and crushed by Kṛṣṇa’s feet repeatedly, simply by surrender in his heart he attained mercy.
Though he was expelled from the river in order that Kṛṣṇa could play at ease with the people of Vraja on the bank of the Yamunā in Śrī-vṛndāvana, it is approved by devotees that he was expelled since he had taken shelter of Vṛndāvana. The pastimes was enacted to show Kāliya’s wicked nature to the best devotees such as Nanda, to show the miserable condition of the cowherds and cows when they drank the poison and almost died, and to show the lamentation of Nanda, Yaśodā and others. Kṛṣṇa tolerated for only a moment the intense suffering of the people of Vraja, since he is the deliverer from distress for all people.
His jeweled heads were pulverized by the touch of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet though the feet were most tender.
calasi yad vrajāc cārayan paśūn
nalina-sundaraṁ nātha te padam
śila-tṛṇāṅkuraiḥ sīdatīti naḥ
kalilatāṁ manaḥ kānta gacchati
Dear master, dear lover, when you leave the cowherd village to herd the cows, our minds are disturbed with the thought that your feet, more beautiful than a lotus, will be pricked by the spiked husks of grain and the rough grass and plants. SB 10.31.11
Kṛṣṇa took great pleasure in dancing in front of the cowherds and perfected sages while at the same time revealing his powers. And he maintained proper grace in his movements on Kāliya’s hoods which were shaking and turning about. All of these are astonishing aspects of Kṛṣṇa’s actions. These displayed Kṛṣṇa’s nature as Bhagavān. For this reason word bhagavatā is mentioned in the verse.
Because he was omniscient, Śukadeva described this pastime completely. Thus Suta calls him śṛi-ṛṣiḥ (one who sees everything) in the verse.
Rājan (O person shining with intelligence)! You can understand this pastime and its reasons. Or Kāliya now shone (rājan) with great physical beauty, by the touch of the Lord’s feet, which immediately removed his suffering and flow of blood by the Lord’s mercy. Nāga refers to Kāliya. Another version has nāgapatnyaś ca.
Kāliya worshipped Kṛṣṇa in joy, because he realized Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. With prema (sādaram) his wives worshipped Kṛṣṇa with their hands, offering perfumes and ointments.