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Chapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

Verse 20 of 33
SB 10.7.20

दैत्यो नाम्ना तृणावर्तः कंसभृत्यः प्रणोदितः चक्रवातस्वरूपेण जहारासीनमर्भकम्

daityo nāmnā tṛṇāvartaḥ kaṁsa-bhṛtyaḥ praṇoditaḥ cakravāta-svarūpeṇa jahārāsīnam arbhakam

Synonyms

daityaḥanother demon; nāmnāby the name; tṛṇāvartaḥTṛṇāvartāsura; kaṁsa-bhṛtyaḥa servant of Kaṁsa; praṇoditaḥhaving been induced by him; cakravāta-svarūpeṇain the form of a whirlwind; jahāraswept away; āsīnamthe sitting; arbhakamchild..

Translation

While the child was sitting on the ground, a demon named Tṛṇāvarta, who was a servant of Kaṁsa's, came there as a whirlwind, at Kaṁsa's instigation, and very easily carried the child away into the air.

Purport

Kṛṣṇa's heaviness was unbearable for the child's mother, but when Tṛṇāvartāsura came, he immediately carried the child away. This was another demonstration of Kṛṣṇa's inconceivable energy. When the Tṛṇāvarta demon came, Kṛṣṇa became lighter than the grass so that the demon could carry Him away. This was ānanda-cinmaya-rasa, Kṛṣṇa's blissful, transcendental pleasure.

Verse 20 of 33