Çré Pavitropana Ekädaçé Issue no:191 08th August 2022

A Natural Reflection Of The Supreme Mercy

The Killing Of The Demon Putana How Was Putana Promoted To
Srila Sukadeva Goswami Goloka Vrindavan?
His Divine Grace
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Maharaja Parikshit And Putana A Natural Reflection Of

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura The Supreme Mercy
Srila Santana Goswami

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The Killing Of The Demon Putana
Srila Sukadeva Goswami
Sukadeva Goswami continued: My dear King,
while Nanda Maharaja was on the way home, he
considered that what Vasudeva had said could not
be false or useless. There must have been some
danger of disturbances in Gokula. As Nanda Ma-
haraja thought about the danger for his beautiful
son, Krishna, he was afraid, and he took shelter at
the lotus feet of the supreme controller, Narayana.
While Nanda Maharaja was returning to Goku-
la, the same fierce Putana whom Kamsa had
previously engaged to kill babies was wandering
about in the towns, cities and villages, doing her
nefarious duty. My dear King, wherever people
in any position perform their occupational duties
of devotional service by chanting and hearing
[çravaëaà kértanaà viñëoù], there cannot be
any danger from bad elements. Therefore, there
was no need for anxiety about Gokula while the
Supreme Personality of Godhead was personally
present. Once upon a time, Putana Räkñasé, who
could travel by to her desire alone and was wan-
dering in outer space, converted herself by mystic
power into a very beautiful woman and thus
entered Gokula, the abode of Nanda Maharaja.
Her hips were full, her breasts were large and
firm, seeming to overburden her slim waist, and
she was dressed very nicely. Her hair, adorned
with a garland of fragrant, snow-white mallikä
flowers, was scattered about her beautiful face.
Her earrings were brilliant, and as she smiled very
attractively, glancing upon everyone, her beauty
drew the attention of all the inhabitants of Vraja,
especially the men. When the cowherd ladies saw
her, they thought that the beautiful goddess of
fortune, holding a lotus flower in her hand, had
come to see her husband, Krishna.
While searching for small children, Putana,
whose purpose was to kill them, entered the
house of Nanda Maharaja unobstructed, having
been sent by the superior potency of the Lord.
Without asking anyone’s permission, she entered
Nanda Maharaja’s room, where she saw the child
sleeping in bed, His unlimited power covered
like a powerful fire covered by ashes. She could
understand that this child was not ordinary, but
was meant to kill all demons.
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Lord Sri Krishna, the all-pervading Supersoul,
lying on the bed, understood that Putana, a witch
who was expert in killing small children, had
come to kill Him. Therefore, as if afraid of her,
Krishna closed His eyes. Thus, Putana took upon
her lap Him who was to be her own annihilation,
just as an unintelligent person places a sleeping
snake on his lap, thinking the snake to be a rope.
Putana Räkñasé's heart was fierce and cruel, but
she looked like a very affectionate mother. In this
way she resembled a sharp sword in a soft sheath.
Although seeing her within the room, Yasoda and
Rohini, overwhelmed by her beauty, did not stop
her, but remained silent because she treated the
child like a mother.
On that very spot, the fiercely dangerous Räkñasé
took Krishna on her lap and pushed her breast
into His mouth. The nipple of her breast was
smeared with a dangerous, immediately effective
poison, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krishna, becoming very angry at her, took hold
of her breast, squeezed it very hard with both
hands, and sucked out both the poison and her
life. Unbearably pressed in every vital point, the
demon Putana began to cry, “Please leave me,
leave me! Suck my breast no longer!” Perspir-
ing, her eyes wide open and her arms and legs
flailing, she cried very loudly again and again.
As Putana screamed loudly and forcefully, the
earth with its mountains, and outer space with
its planets, trembled. The lower planets and all
directions vibrated, and people fell down, fearing
that thunderbolts were coming upon them. In
this way the demoness Putana, very distressed
because her breast was being attacked by Krishna,
lost her life. O King Pariksit, opening her mouth
wide and spreading her arms, legs and hair, she
fell down in the pasturing ground in her original
form as a Räkñasé, as Vrtrasura had fallen when
killed by the thunderbolt of Indra.
O King Pariksit, when the gigantic body of
Putana fell to the ground, it smashed all the trees
to a range of twelve miles. Appearing in a gigan-
tic body, she was certainly extraordinary. The
Räkñasé’s mouth was full of teeth, each resembling
the front of a plough, her nostrils were deep like
mountain caves, and her breasts resembled big
slabs of stone fallen from a hill. Her scattered hair
was the colour of copper. The sockets of her eyes
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appeared like deep blind wells, her fearful thighs
resembled the banks of a river, her arms, legs and
feet seemed like big bridges, and her abdomen
appeared like a dried-up lake bed. The hearts,
ears and heads of the cowherd men and women
were already shocked by the Räkñasé’s screaming,
and when they saw the fierce wonder of her body,
they were even more frightened. Without fear, the
child Krishna was playing on the upper portion of
Putana Räkñasé’s breast, and when the gopés saw the
child’s wonderful activities, they immediately came
forward with great jubilation and picked Him up.
Thereafter, mother Yasoda and Rohini, along
with the other elderly cowherd ladies (gopés),
waved about the switch of a cow to give full pro-
tection to the child Sri Krishna. The child was
thoroughly washed with cow urine and then
smeared with the dust raised by the movements
of the cows. Then different names of the Lord
were applied with cow dung on twelve different
parts of His body, beginning with the forehead, as
done in applying tilaka. In this way, the child was
given protection. The gopés first executed the pro-
cess of äcamana, drinking a sip of water from the
right hand. They purified their bodies and hands
with the nyäsa-mantra and then applied the same
mantra upon the body of the child.
[Sukadeva Gosvami informed Maharaja Pariksit
that the gopés, following the proper system, pro-
tected Krishna, their child, with this mantra.] May
Aja protect Your legs, may Maniman protect Your
knees, Yajsa Your thighs, Acyuta the upper part of
Your waist, and Hayagriva Your abdomen. May
Kesava protect Your heart, Isa Your chest, the
sun-god Your neck, Visnu Your arms, Urukrama
Your face, and Isvara Your head. May Cakri pro-
tect You from the front; may Sri Hari, Gadadhari,
the carrier of the club, protect You from the back;
and may the carrier of the bow, who is known as
the enemy of Madhu, and Lord Ajana, the carrier
of the sword, protect Your two sides. May Lord
Urugaya, the carrier of the conchshell, protect You
from all corners; may Upendra protect You from
above; may Garuda protect You on the ground;
and may Lord Haladhara, the Supreme Person,
protect You on all sides. May Hrsikesa protect
Your senses, and Narayana Your life air. May the
master of Svetadvipa protect the core of Your heart,
and may Lord Yogesvara protect Your mind. May
Lord Prsnigarbha protect Your intelligence, and
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the Supreme Personality of Godhead Your soul.
While You are playing, may Govinda protect You,
and while You are sleeping may Madhava protect
You. May Lord Vaikuntha protect You while You
are walking, and may Lord Narayana, the husband
of the goddess of fortune, protect You while You
are sitting. Similarly, may Lord Yajsabhuk, the
fearful enemy of all evil planets, always protect
You while You enjoy life. The evil witches known
as Òäkinés, Yätudhänés and Kuñmäëòas are the
greatest enemies of children, and the evil spirits
like Bhütas, Pretas, Piçäcas, Yakñas, Räkñasas and
Vinäyakas, as well as witches like Koöarä, Revaté,
Jyeñöhä, Pütanä and Mätåkä, are always ready to
give trouble to the body, the life air and the senses,
causing loss of memory, madness and bad dreams.
Like the most powerful evil stars, they all create
great disturbances, especially for children, but one
can vanquish them simply by uttering Lord Visnu’s
name, for when Lord Visnu’s name resounds, all
of them become afraid and go away.
Sukadeva Goswami continued: All the cowherd
ladies (gopés), headed by mother Yasoda, were
bound by maternal affection. After they thus chant-
ed mantras to protect the child, mother Yasoda
gave the child the nipple of her breast to suck and
then got Him to lie down on His bed. Meanwhile,
all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Maharaja,
returned from Mathura, and when they saw on the
way the gigantic body of Putana lying dead, they
were struck with great wonder. Nanda Maharaja
and the other cowherd men (gopas) exclaimed:
My dear friends, you must know that Anakadun-
dubhi, Vasudeva, has become a great saint or a
master of mystic power. Otherwise how could
he have foreseen this calamity and predicted it to
us? The inhabitants of Vraja cut the gigantic body
of Putana into pieces with the help of axes. Then
they threw the pieces far away, covered them
with wood and burned them to ashes. Because of
Krishna’s having sucked the breast of the demoness
(Räkñasé) Putana, when Krishna killed her she was
immediately freed of all material contamination.
Her sinful reactions automatically vanished, and
therefore when her gigantic body was being burnt,
the smoke emanating from her body was fragrant
like aguru incense. Putana was always hankering
for the blood of human children, and with that
desire she came to kill Krishna; but because she
offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the
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greatest achievement. What then is to be said of
those who had natural devotion and affection for
Krishna as mothers and who offered Him their
breasts to suck or offered something very dear,
as a mother offers something to a child? The Su-
preme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is always
situated within the core of the heart of the pure
devotee, and He is always offered prayers by such
worshipable personalities as Lord Brahma and
Lord Siva. Because Krishna embraced Putana’s
body with great pleasure and sucked her breast,
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although she was a great witch, she attained the
position of a mother in the transcendental world
and thus achieved the highest perfection. What
then is to be said of the cows whose nipples Krish-
na sucked with great pleasure and who offered
their milk very jubilantly with affection exactly
like that of a mother? The Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Krishna, is the bestower of many
benedictions, including liberation [kaivalya], or
oneness with the Brahman effulgence. For that
Personality of Godhead, the gopés always felt
maternal love, and Krishna sucked their breasts
with full satisfaction. Therefore, because of their
relationship as mother and son, although the
gopés were engaged in various family activities,
one should never think that they returned to this
material world after leaving their bodies.
Upon smelling the fragrance of the smoke
emanating from Putana’s burning body, many
inhabitants of Vrajabhumi in distant places were
astonished. “Where is this fragrance coming
from?” they asked. Thus, they went to the spot
where Putana’s body was being burnt. When the
inhabitants of Vraja who had come from distant
places heard the whole story of how Putana had
come and then been killed by Krishna, they
were certainly astonished, and they offered their
blessings to the child for His wonderful deed of
killing Putana. Nanda Maharaja, of course, was
very much obliged to Vasudeva, who had foreseen
the incident, and simply thanked him, think-
ing how wonderful Vasudeva was. O Maharaja
Pariksit, best of the Kurus, Nanda Maharaja was
very liberal and simple. He immediately took his
son Krishna on his lap as if Krishna had returned
from death, and by formally smelling his son’s
head, Nanda Maharaja undoubtedly enjoyed tran-
scendental bliss. Any person who hears with faith
and devotion about how Krishna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, killed Putana, and who
thus invests his time in hearing such childhood
pastimes of Krishna, certainly attains attachment
for Govinda, the supreme, original person.
- Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 10: The Summum
Bonum » Chapter Six » Verses 1-44 » Translations by His Divine Grace
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
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Maharaja Parikshit And Putana
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura
na yatra çravaëädéni
rakño-ghnäni sva-karmasu
kurvanti sätvatäà bhartur
yätudhänyaç ca tatra hi
When Maharaja Pariksit heard that the fearful
child-killer Putana wandered through various
villages killing children on the order of Kamsa,
he was full of anxiety for Krishna. At that time Sri
Sukadeva Gosvami spoke this verse in order to
relieve the king’s anxiety.
This verse was spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami
to the apprehensive Pariksit Maharaja to confirm
that since Putana was engaged in sinful activities,
she would certainly die. “Places where the hearing
and chanting of Krishna’s names are not present
are full of demoniac influence, but wherever the
Lord is present there is no question of fear.” (Sri-
dhara Svami)
After hearing that Putana was wandering around
want only killing children, one may fearfully in-
quire, “Alas, what was the position of the other
baby boys in Sri Nanda’s village?” Sri Sukadeva
spoke this verse in answer to this question. If one
indirectly hears and chants the names of Krishna in
the course of performing one’s occupational duties
like sacrifices, then one can never be exploited by
demonesses; and if one directly hears and chants
the names of Krishna, then there no question of
any influence from them. The word sätvata, or the
Lord of the devotees, confirms that what to speak
of the hearing and chanting the Lord’s names, even
hearing and chanting the names of His devotees
destroys all demoniac influences. The demons ex-
hibit their influence only in places where the Lord’s
names are not heard or chanted. The meaning of
this verse can also be as follows:
One may raise the doubt—“Were all the children
of that time killed by Putana or not?” Sri Sukade-
va Gosvami spoke this verse in answer to this
question. The above purport is applicable here.
Other than the baby boys who heard and chanted
Krishna’s names, the Lord had Putana kill all those
who were averse to Him and belonging to Kamsa’s
party. The foolishness of Kamsa is displayed in this
incident. In spite of the Lord’s personal presence,
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the arrival of wicked Putana in Vraja and her dis-
turbances there were only to nourish the pastimes
of the Lord, which give pleasure to the entire world
and increase the love and affection of the Vrajavasis
headed by Yasoda. These incidents are all arranged
by the Lord’s lélä-çakti, pastime-creating potencies.
The word lélä-çakti here refers to one of the three
principle energies in Vaikuntha and Vrndadevi in
Vrndavana. (Sri Jiva Gosvami’s Laghu-toñaëé)
This verse was spoken by Sri Sukadeva to the
anxious Maharaja Pariksit to confirm that since
Putana was engaged in sinful activities, she would
certainly die. Villages and cities where persons are
engaged in fruitive activities that are fructified or
unfructified and are devoid of hearing or chant-
ing the names of Krishna, who is the Lord of the
devotees, are influenced by demonesses. Such
demonesses cannot disturb a place where hearing
and chanting about Krishna is the main activity,
and where hearing and chanting about Krishna is
the only activity it is impossible for them to create
any mischief. What then can be said about the
place where the Lord is personally present? (Sri
Visvanatha Cakravarti’s Särärtha-darçiné)
- Purport to Ädi-khaëòa 8.89, Çré Caitanya-bhägavata - Srila Vrndavanadasa
Thakura, Edited and Published by Pundarika Vidyanidhi dasa Vrajraj Press
How Was Putana Promoted To
Goloka Vrindavan?
His Divine Grace
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
padbhyäà bhakta-hådi-sthäbhyäà
vandyäbhyäà loka-vanditaiù
aìgaà yasyäù samäkramya
bhagavän api tat-stanam
yätudhäny api sä svargam
aväpa janané-gatim
kåñëa-bhukta-stana-kñéräù
kim u gävo 'numätaraù
These verses explain how devotional service
rendered to the Supreme Personality of God-
head, whether directly or indirectly, knowingly
or unknowingly, becomes successful. Putana
was neither a devotee nor a non-devotee; she was
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actually a demoniac witch instructed by Kamsa
to kill Krishna. Nonetheless, in the beginning she
assumed the form of a very beautiful woman and
approached Krishna exactly like an affectionate
mother, so that Mother Yasoda and Rohini did
not doubt her sincerity. The Lord took all this
into consideration, and thus she was automatically
promoted to a position like that of Mother Yasoda.
As explained by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura,
there are various roles one may play in such a
position. Putana was immediately promoted to
Vaikunthaloka, which is also sometimes described
as Svarga. The Svarga mentioned in this verse is not
the material heavenly planet, but the transcenden-
tal world. In Vaikunthaloka, Putana attained the
position of a nurse (dhätry-ucitäm), as described
by Uddhava. Putana was elevated to the position
of a nurse and maidservant in Goloka Vrndavana
to assist Mother Yasoda.
- Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 10: The Summum Bonum
» Chapter Six » Verses: 37-38 » Purport by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada.

A Natural Reflection Of
The Supreme Mercy
Srila Santana Goswami
Krishna allowed Putana to enter Gokula respect-
ably, appearing among the cowherds dressed as
a first-class lady. At the beginning of Sukadeva
Gosvami ’s description of Putana’s encounter with
Krishna, we are told:
na yatra çravaëädéni
rakño-ghnäni sva-karmasu
kurvanti sätvatäà bhartur
yätudhänyaç ca tatra hi
“My dear king, wherever people in any position
perform their occupational duties of devotional
service by chanting and hearing [çravaëaà kér-
tanaà viñëoù], there cannot be any danger from bad
elements. Therefore there was no need for anxiety
about Gokula while the Supreme Personality of
Godhead was personally present.” (Bhägavatam
10.6.3)
In other words, the witch Putana posed no threat
to the inhabitants of Gokula. Krishna allowed her
to enter simply to give her His mercy. Krishna
placed His lotus feet, the object of Lord Brahma’s
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meditation, on Putana’s lap and allowed her to ca-
ress Him. By this, Yasoda and Rohini were greatly
astonished:
täà tékñëa-cittäm ati-väma-ceñöitäà
vékñyäntarä koña-paricchadäsi-vat
vara-striyaà tat-prabhayä ca dharñite
nirékñyamäëe janané hy atiñöhatäm
“Putana Räkñasé’s heart was fierce and cruel, but
she looked like a very affectionate mother. Thus
she resembled a sword in a sheath. Although
seeing her within the room, Yasoda and Rohini,
overwhelmed by her beauty, did not stop her, but
remained silent because she treated the child like
a mother.” (Bhägavatam 10.6.9)
Thanks to having the opportunity to treat Krish-
na as her infant, Putana became His mother eter-
nally, as several authorities in Çrémad-Bhägavatam
affirm. According to Sukadeva Gosvami :
pütanä loka-bäla-ghné
räkñasé rudhiräçanä
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jighäàsayäpi haraye
stanaà dattväpa sad-gatim
“Putana was always hankering for the blood of
human children, and with that desire she came to
kill Krishna; but because she offered her breast to
the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement.”
(Bhägavatam 10.6.35)
As Lord Brahma said to Lord Krishna, sad-veñäd
iva pütanäpi sa-kulä tväm eva deväpitä: “You have
already arranged to give Yourself to Putana and
her family members in exchange for her disguis-
ing herself as a devotee.” (Bhägavatam 10.14.35)
And in the words of Sri Uddhava:
aho baké yaà stana-käla-küöaà
jighäàsayäpäyayad apy asädhvé
lebhe gatià dhätry-ucitäà tato ’nyaà
kaà vä dayäluà çaraëaà vrajema
“Alas, how shall I take shelter of one more merci-
ful than He who granted the position of mother to
a she-demon [Putana] although she was unfaithful
and she had prepared deadly poison to be sucked
from her breast?” (Bhägavatam 3.2.23)
Even Putana’s dead body, restored to the hor-
rible form of a witch, was sanctified as Krishna’s
playground:
bälaà ca tasyä urasi
kréòantam akuto-bhayam
gopyas türëaà samabhyetya
jagåhur jäta-sambhramäù
“Without fear, the child Krishna was playing on
the upper portion of Putana Räkñasé’s chest, and
when the gopés saw the child’s wonderful activities,
they immediately came forward with great jubi-
lation and picked Him up.” (Bhägavatam10.6.18)
And when her corpse was burned, it gave off a
fragrance like precious aguru, which spread in all
directions:
dahyamänasya dehasya
dhümaç cäguru-saurabhaù
utthitaù kåñëa-nirbhukta-
sapady ähata-päpmanaù
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“Because of Krishna’s having sucked the breast
of the Räkñasé Putana, when Krishna killed her she
was immediately freed of all material contamina-
tion. Her sinful reactions automatically vanished,
and therefore when her gigantic body was being
burnt, the smoke emanating from her body was
fragrant like aguru incense.” (Bhägavatam 10.6.34)
Other persons who came to Gokula also ob-
tained special mercy from Krishna. The sons of
Kuvera entrapped in the bodies of arjuna trees
found themselves in the midst of the wonderful
pastimes of Damodara. Krishna released these two
sons from Narada’s curse after listening to their
prayers, and bestowed upon them prema-bhakti.
Aghasura was graced by Krishna entering into
Agha’s huge mouth along with the cowherd boys
and calves. And Agha obtained liberation from
Krishna in a way that astounded the whole world.
His dead body served as an attraction in Vraja:
räjann äjagaraà carma
çuñkaà våndävane ’dbhutam
vrajaukasäà bahu-tithaà
babhüväkréòa-gahvaram
“O King Pariksit, when the python-shaped body
of Aghasura dried up into merely a big skin, it
became a wonderful place for the inhabitants of
Vrndavana to visit, and it remained so for a long,
long time.” (Bhägavatam 10.12.36)
Sometimes Krishna would also apparently
punish His loving devotees in Vraja, as when He
abandoned the gopés during the rasa dance. He did
this to increase the intensity of their love for Him.
Because Krishna was enchanted by the gopés’ love,
His prime reason for abandoning them was to hear
them speak like madwomen, in separation from
Him. As He explained:
nähaà tu sakhyo bhajato ’pi jantün
bhajämy améñäm anuvåtti-våttaye
yathädhano labdha-dhane vinañöe
tac-cintayänyan nibhåto na veda
“The reason I do not at once reciprocate the
affection of living beings even when they worship
Me, O gopés, is that I want to intensify their loving
devotion. They then become like a poor man who
has gained some wealth and then lost it, and who
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thus becomes so anxious about it that he can think
of nothing else.
evaà mad-arthojjhita-loka-veda-
svänäà hi vo mayy anuvåttaye ’baläù
mayäparokñaà bhajatä tirohitaà
mäsüyituà märhatha tat priyaà priyäù
“My dear girls, understanding that simply for
My sake you had rejected the authority of worldly
opinion, of the Vedas, and of your relatives, I acted
as I did only to increase your attachment to Me.
Even when I removed Myself from your sight by
suddenly disappearing, I never stopped loving you.
Therefore, My beloved gopés, please do not harbour
any bad feelings toward Me, your beloved.
na päraye ’haà niravadya-saàyujäà
sva-sädhu-kåtyaà vibudhäyuñäpi vaù
yä mäbhajan durjara-geha-çåìkhaläù
saàvåçcya tad vaù pratiyätu sädhunä
“I am not able to repay My debt for your spotless
service, even within a lifetime of Brahma. Your
connection with Me is beyond reproach. You have
worshiped Me, cutting off all domestic ties, which
are difficult to break. Therefore please let your own
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glorious deeds be your compensation.” (Bhägava-
tam 10.32.20–22)
The mercy of Krishna’s punishment was evident
not only when He appeared in His original form in
Gokula, but also in many of His incarnations. As Sri
Vamana, for example, when the Lord arrested Bali
Daityaraja and humiliated him, the Lord declared
to the world the strength of Bali’s sober determina-
tion. Then, having taken away from him the throne
of heaven, Lord Vamana gave him in exchange the
greater kingdom of Sutala-loka with all its riches.
The Lord took up the post of doorkeeper at Bali’s
palace and defended the palace gates from the in-
cursion of Ravana, and when Durvasa begged Lord
Vamana to leave Bali for some time and defend
Durvasa against the demon Kusa, Lord Vamana
refused to do so without Bali’s permission.
In yet other incarnations, the Personality of
Godhead killed demons like Madhu, Kaitabha,
and Kalanemi, who had enjoyed the pleasure of
opposing the Lord in battle. They received great
mercy from Him. These histories are recounted in
various Puranas. The mercy shown by Sri Krishna
through His incarnations is a natural reflection
of the supreme mercy He displays in His original
form. The source of incarnations is glorified by the
glories of each of His expansions.
- Çré Båhad-bhägavatämåta 1.5.30, of Srila Sanatana Gosvami Volume One.
Translated by Gopiparanadhana Dasa.
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