Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vrndavana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.46.24

kamsam nagayuta-pranam

mallau gaja-patim yatha

avadhistam lilayaiva

pasun iva mrgadhipah

SYNONYMS

kamsam -- Kamsa; naga -- of elephants; ayuta -- ten thousand; pranam -- whose vital strength; mallau -- the two wrestlers (Canura and Mustika); gaja-patim -- the king of the elephants (Kuvalayapida); yatha -- inasmuch as; avadhistam -- the two of Them killed; lilaya -- as a game; eva -- simply; pasun -- animals; iva -- as; mrga-adhipah -- the lion, king of animals.

TRANSLATION

After all, Krsna and Balarama killed Kamsa, who was as strong as ten thousand elephants, as well as the wrestlers Canura and Mustika and the elephant Kuvalayapida. They killed them all sportingly, as easily as a lion disposes of small animals.

PURPORT

Here Nanda means to say, "Not only did Garga Muni declare that these boys are divine, but just see what They have done! Everyone is talking about it."

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