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.