SB 10.30.21
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 21
- āruhyaikā padākramya
- śirasy āhāparāṁ nṛpa
- duṣṭāhe gaccha jāto 'haṁ
- khalānām nanu daṇḍa-kṛt
SYNONYMS
āruhya—rising up; ekā—one of the gopīs; padā—with her foot; ākramya—climbing above; śirasi—the head; āha—said; aparām—to another; nṛpa—O King (Parīkṣit); duṣṭa—wicked; ahe—O snake; gaccha—go away; jātaḥ—have taken birth; aham—I; khalānām—on those who are envious; nanu—indeed; daṇḍa—of punishment; kṛt—as the imposer.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, one gopī climbed on another's shoulders and, putting her foot on the other's head, said, "Go away from here, O wicked snake! You should know that I have taken birth in this world just to punish the envious."
PURPORT
Here the gopīs enact Kṛṣṇa's chastisement of Kāliya.