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çré-çuka uväca
keçé tu kaàsa-prahitaù khurair mahéà
mahä-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaù
saöävadhütäbhra-vimäna-saìkulaà
kurvan nabho heñita-bhéñitäkhilaù
taà träsayantaà bhagavän sva-gokulaà
tad-dheñitair väla-vighürëitämbudam
ätmänam äjau mågayantam agra-ëér
upähvayat sa vyanadan mågendra-vat
Çukadeva Gosvämé said: The demon Keçé, sent by Kaàsa, appeared in Vraja
as a great horse. Running with the speed of the mind, he tore up the earth with
his hooves. The hairs of his mane scattered the clouds and the demigods’
airplanes throughout the sky, and he terrified everyone present with his loud
neighing.
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead saw how the demon was
frightening His village of Gokula by neighing terribly and shaking the clouds
with his tail, the Lord came forward to meet him. Keçé was searching for Kåñëa
to fight, so when the Lord stood before him and challenged him to approach, the
horse responded by roaring like a lion.
3-sa taà niçämyäbhimukho makhena khaà
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pibann iväbhyadravad aty-amarñaëaù
jaghäna padbhyäm aravinda-locanaà
duräsadaç caëòa-javo duratyayaù
Seeing the Lord standing before him, Keçé ran toward Him in extreme rage,
his mouth gaping as if to swallow up the sky. Rushing with furious speed, the
unconquerable and unapproachable horse demon tried to strike the lotus-eyed
Lord with his two front legs.
4-tad vaïcayitvä tam adhokñajo ruñä
pragåhya dorbhyäà parividhya pädayoù
sävajïam utsåjya dhanuù-çatäntare
yathoragaà tärkñya-suto vyavasthitaù
But the transcendental Lord dodged Keçé’s blow and then with His arms
angrily seized the demon by the legs, whirled him around in the air and
contemptuously threw him the distance of one hundred bow-lengths, just as
Garuòa might throw a snake. Lord Kåñëa then stood there.
5-saù labdha-saàjïaù punar utthito ruñä
vyädäya keçé tarasäpatad dharim
so ‘py asya vaktre bhujam uttaraà smayan
praveçayäm äsa yathoragaà bile
Upon regaining consciousness Keçé angrily got up, opened his mouth wide
and again rushed to attack Lord Kåñëa. But the Lord just smiled and thrust His
left arm into the horse’s mouth as easily as one would make a snake enter a hole
in the ground.
6-dantä nipetur bhagavad-bhuja-spåças
te keçinas tapta-maya-spåço yathä
bähuç ca tad-deha-gato mahätmano
yathämayaù saàvavådhe upekñitaù
Keçé’s teeth immediately fell out when they touched the Supreme Lord’s
arm, which to the demon felt as hot as molten iron. Within Keçé’s body the
Supreme Personality’s arm then expanded greatly, like a diseased stomach
swelling because of neglect.
7–samedhamänena sa kåñëa-bähunä
niruddha-väyuç caraëäàç ca vikñipan
prasvinna-gätraù parivåtta-locanaù
papäta laëòaà visåjan kñitau vyasuù
As Lord Kåñëa’s expanding arm completely blocked Keçé’s breathing, his legs
kicked convulsively, his body became covered with sweat, and his eyes rolled
around. The demon then passed stool and fell on the ground, dead.
8–tad-dehataù karkaöikä-phalopamäd
vyasor apäkåñya bhujaà mahä-bhujaù
avismito ‘yatna-hatärikaù suraiù
prasüna-varñair varñadbhir éòitaù
The mighty-armed Kåñëa withdrew His arm from Keçé’s body, which now
appeared like a long karkaöikä fruit. Without the least display of pride at having
so effortlessly killed His enemy, the Lord accepted the demigods’ worship in the
form of flowers rained down from above.
9-devarñir upasaìgamya
bhägavata-pravaro nåpa
kåñëam akliñöa-karmäëaà
rahasy etad abhäñata
My dear King, thereafter Lord Kåñëa was approached in a solitary place by
the great sage among the demigods, Närada Muni. That most exalted devotee
spoke as follows to the Lord, who effortlessly performs His pasti
10/11–kåñëa kåñëäprameyätman
yogeça jagad-éçvara
väsudeväkhiläväsa
sätvatäà pravara prabho
tvam ätmä sarva-bhütänäm
eko jyotir ivaidhasäm
güòho guhä-çayaù säkñé
mahä-puruña éçvaraù
[Närada Muni said:] O Kåñëa, Kåñëa, unlimited Lord, source of all mystic
power, Lord of the universe! O Väsudeva, shelter of all beings and best of the
Yadus ! O master, You are the Supreme Soul of all created beings, sitting
unseen within the cave of the heart like the fire dormant within kindling wood.
You are the witness within everyone, the Supreme Personality and the ultimate
controlling Deity.
12–ätmanätmäçrayaù pürvaà
mäyayä sasåje guëän
tair idaà satya-saìkalpaù
såjasy atsy avaséçvaraù
You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill
Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You
manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through
their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.
13-sa tvaà bhüdhara-bhütänäà
daitya-pramatha-rakñasäm
avatérëo vinäçäya
sädhunäà rakñaëäya ca
You, that very same creator, have now descended on the earth to annihilate
the Daitya, Pramatha and Räkñasa demons who are posing as kings, and also to
protect the godly.
14–diñöyä te nihato daityo
lélayäyaà hayäkåtiù
yasya heñita-santrastäs
tyajanty animiñä divam
The horse demon was so terrifying that his neighing frightened the demigods
into leaving their heavenly kingdom. But by our good fortune You have enjoyed
the sport of killing him.
15/16/17/18/19/20–cäëüraà muñöikaà caiva
mallän anyäàç ca hastinam
kaàsaà ca nihataà drakñye
paraçvo ‘hani te vibho
tasyänu çaìkha-yavanamuräëäà
narakasya ca
pärijätäpaharaëam
indrasya ca paräjayam
udvähaà véra-kanyänäà
vérya-çulkädi-lakñaëam
någasya mokñaëaà çäpäd
dvärakäyäà jagat-pate
syamantakasya ca maëer
ädänaà saha bhäryayä
måta-putra-pradänaà ca
brähmaëasya sva-dhämataù
pauëòrakasya vadhaà paçcät
käçi-puryäç ca dépanam
dantavakrasya nidhanaà
caidyasya ca mahä-kratau
yäni cänyäni véryäëi
dvärakäm ävasan bhavän
kartä drakñyämy ahaà täni
geyäni kavibhir bhuvi
In just two days, O almighty Lord, I will see the deaths of Cäëüra, Muñöika
and other wrestlers, along with those of the elephant Kuvalayäpéòa and King
Kaàsa—all by Your hand. Then I will see You kill Kälayavana, Mura, Naraka
and the conch demon, and I will also see You steal the pärijäta flower and
defeat Indra. I will then see You marry many daughters of heroic kings after
paying for them with Your valor. Then, O Lord of the universe, in Dvärakä
You will deliver King Någa from a curse and take for Yourself the Syamantaka
jewel, together with another wife. You will bring back a brähmaëa’s dead son
from the abode of Your servant Yamaräja, and thereafter You will kill
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Pauëòraka, burn down the city of Käçé and annihilate Dantavakra and the King
of Cedi during the great Räjasüya sacrifice. I shall see all these heroic pastimes,
along with many others You will perform during Your residence in Dvärakä.
These pastimes are glorified on this earth in the songs of transcendental poets
21–atha te käla-rüpasya
kñapayiñëor amuñya vai
akñauhiëénäà nidhanaà
drakñyämy arjuna-säratheù
Subsequently I will see You appear as time personified, serving as Arjuna’s
chariot driver and destroying entire armies of soldiers to rid the earth of her
burden.
22–viçuddha-vijïäna-ghanaà sva-saàsthayä
samäpta-sarvärtham amogha-väïchitam
sva-tejasä nitya-nivåtta-mäyäguëa-
pravähaà bhagavantam émahi
Let us approach You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for shelter. You
are full of perfectly pure spiritual awareness and are always situated in Your
original identity. Since Your will is never thwarted, You have already achieved
all possible desirable things, and by the power of Your spiritual energy You
remain eternally aloof from the flow of the qualities of illusion.
23–tväm éçvaraà sväçrayam ätma-mäyayä
vinirmitäçeña-viçeña-kalpanam
kréòärtham adyätta-manuñya-vigrahaà
nato ‘smi dhuryaà yadu-våñëi-sätvatäm
I bow down to You, the supreme controller, who are dependent only on
Yourself. By Your potency You have constructed the unlimited particular
arrangements of this universe. Now you have appeared as the greatest hero
among the Yadus, Våñëis and Sätvatas and have chosen to participate in human
warfare.
24-çré-çuka uväca
evaà yadu-patià kåñëaà
bhägavata-pravaro muniù
praëipatyäbhyanujïäto
yayau tad-darçanotsavaù
Çukadeva Gosvämé said: Having thus addressed Lord Kåñëa, the chief of the
Yadu dynasty, Närada bowed down and offered Him obeisances. Then that
great sage and most eminent devotee took his leave from the Lord and went
away, feeling great joy at having directly seen Him
25–bhagavän api govindo
hatvä keçinam ähave
paçün apälayat pälaiù
prétair vraja-sukhävahaù
After killing the demon Keçé in battle, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
continued to tend the cows and other animals in the company of His joyful
cowherd boyfriends. Thus He brought happiness to all the residents of
Våndävana.
26-ekadä te paçün päläç’
cärayanto ‘dri-sänuñu
cakrur niläyana-kréòäç
cora-päläpadeçataù
One day the cowherd boys, while grazing their animals on the mountain
slopes, played the game of stealing and hiding, acting out the roles of rival
thieves and herders.
27–taträsan katicic coräù
päläç ca katicin nåpa
meñäyitäç ca tatraike
vijahrur akuto-bhayäù
In that game, O King, some acted as thieves, others as shepherds and others
as sheep. They played their game happily, without fear of danger.
28-maya-putro mahä-mäyo
vyomo gopäla-veña-dhåk
meñäyitän apoväha
präyaç coräyito bahün
A powerful magician named Vyoma, son of the demon Maya, then appeared
on the scene in the guise of a cowherd boy. Pretending to join the game as a
thief, he proceeded to steal most of the cowherd boys who were acting as sheep.
29-giri-daryäà vinikñipya
nétaà nétaà mahäsuraù
çilayä pidadhe dväraà
catuù-païcävaçeñitäù
Gradually the great demon abducted more and more of the cowherd boys and
cast them into a mountain cave, which he sealed shut with a boulder. Finally
only four or five boys acting as sheep remained in the game
30-tasya tat karma vijïäya
kåñëaù çaraëa-daù satäm
gopän nayantaà jagräha
våkaà harir ivaujasä
Lord Kåñëa, who shelters all saintly devotees, understood perfectly well what
Vyomäsura was doing. Just as a lion grabs a wolf, Kåñëa forcefully seized the
demon as he was taking away more cowherd boys.
31–sa nijaà rüpam ästhäya
giréndra-sadåçaà balé
icchan vimoktum ätmänaà
näçaknod grahaëäturaù
The demon changed into his original form, as big and powerful as a great
mountain. But try as he might to free himself, he could not do so, having lost
his strength from being held in the Lord’s tight grip.
32–taà nigåhyäcyuto dorbhyäà
pätayitvä mahé-tale
paçyatäà divi devänäà
paçu-märam amärayat
Lord Acyuta clutched Vyomäsura between His arms and threw him to the
ground. Then, while the demigods in heaven looked on, Kåñëa killed him in the
same way that one kills a sacrificial animal.
33-guhä-pidhänaà nirbhidya
gopän niùsärya kåcchrataù
stüyamänaù surair gopaiù
praviveça sva-gokulam
Kåñëa then smashed the boulder blocking the cave’s entrance and led the
trapped cowherd boys to safety. Thereafter, as the demigods and cowherd boys
sang His glories, He returned to His cowherd village, Gokula
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