SB 10.16.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 16: Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca

vilokya dūṣitāṁ kṛṣṇāṁ

kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇāhinā vibhuḥ

tasyā viśuddhim anvicchan

sarpaṁ tam udavāsayat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; vilokya — seeing; dūṣitām — contaminated; kṛṣṇām — the river Yamunā; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-ahinā — by the black serpent; vibhuḥ — the almighty Lord; tasyāḥ — of the river; viśuddhim — the purification; anvicchan — desiring; sarpam — serpent; tam — that; udavāsayat — sent away.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, seeing that the Yamunā River had been contaminated by the black snake Kāliya, desired to purify the river, and thus the Lord banished him from it.

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