Devanagari
य एवं कृष्णविजयं शङ्करेण च संयुगम् ।
संस्मरेत् प्रातरुत्थाय न तस्य स्यात् पराजय: ॥ ५३ ॥
Verse text
ya evaṁ kṛṣṇa-vijayaṁ
śaṅkareṇa ca saṁyugam
saṁsmaret prātar utthāya
na tasya syāt parājayaḥ
Synonyms
yaḥ
—
whoever
;
evam
—
thus
;
kṛṣṇa
—
vijayam — the victory of Lord Kṛṣṇa
;
śaṅkareṇa
—
with Lord Śaṅkara
;
ca
—
and
;
saṁyugam
—
battle
;
saṁsmaret
—
remembers
;
prātaḥ
—
at dawn
;
utthāya
—
rising from sleep
;
na
—
not
;
tasya
—
for him
;
syāt
—
there will be
;
parājayaḥ
—
defeat .
Translation
Whoever rises early in the morning and remembers Lord Kṛṣṇa’s victory in His battle with Lord Śiva will never experience defeat.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Whoever rises early in the morning and remembers Lord Kṛṣṇa's victory in His battle with Lord Śiva will never experience defeat.
KB 10.63.53
Śukadeva Gosvāmī assured King Parīkṣit that the narration of the fight between Lord Śiva and Lord Kṛṣṇa is not at all inauspicious, like ordinary fights. On the contrary, if one remembers in the morning the narration of this fight between Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Śiva and takes pleasure in the victory of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he will never experience defeat anywhere in his struggle of life.
This episode of Bāṇāsura’s fighting with Kṛṣṇa and later being saved by the grace of Lord Śiva is confirmation of the statement in the Bhagavad-gītā that the worshipers of demigods cannot achieve any benediction without its being sanctioned by the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. Here in this narration we find that although Bāṇāsura was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, when he faced death by Kṛṣṇa, Lord Śiva was not able to save him. But Lord Śiva appealed to Kṛṣṇa to save his devotee, and this was sanctioned by the Lord. This is the position of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The exact words used in this connection in the Bhagavad-gītā are mayaiva vihitān hi tān. This means that without the sanction of the Supreme Lord, no demigod can award any benediction to his worshiper.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Sixty-third Chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura.”
Purport
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Sixty-third Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura.”
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Krsna (sa) entered the city of Dvaraka.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Whoever remembers Kṛṣṇa’s victory over Bāṇa and his battle with Śiva will not experience defeat. Kṛṣṇa defeat of Bāṇa and defeating Śiva by making him yawning should not be surprising since just by remembering those incidents a person cannot be defeated by anyone. Whoever remembers with faith (sam--smaret) Kṛṣṇa’s defeat of Bāṇa and Śiva fighting with Kṛṣṇa in order to give benefit to Bāṇa will not be defeated. What to speak of hearing and glorifying the events. Simply getting up in the morning, without bathing, one can remember this incident. The person will not be defeated by internal or external obstacles to bhakti.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Whoever remembers Kṛṣṇa’s victory over Bāṇa and his battle with Śiva will not experience defeat.
Kṛṣṇa’s defeat of Bāṇa and defeating Śiva by making him yawning should not be surprising.
One who remembers the detailed victory of svayam bhagavān, including severing Bāṇa’s arms, and the battle with Śiva, including the yawning, will not experience defeat. The yawning is not specifically mentioned out of respect. The fight with Śiva was for the benefit of Bāṇa.
Or the phrase describes the excellence of Kṛṣṇa’s victory: remembering of the fight even (ca) with Śiva, one will not have defeat. Just by remembrance, without kīrtana, one obtains the result. On rising from bed, even without purification, one obtains the result. One will not be defeated by external or internal causes, or by obstacles to bhakti.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Sixty-third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura."
10.64: The Deliverance of King Nṛga
verses: Summary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14-15, 16, 17, 18, 19-20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27-28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37-38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
Chapter Summary
This chapter describes how Śrī Kṛṣṇa released King Nṛga from a curse and instructed the royal order on the great danger of taking a brāhmaṇa's property.
One day Sāmba and other young boys of the Yādava dynasty went to the forest to play, and after playing for a long time they became very thirsty and began looking for water. Inside a dry well they found an amazing creature: a huge lizard resembling a hill. The boys felt sorry for it and tried to pull it out. But after several attempts with leather thongs and ropes, they saw that they would not be able to rescue the creature, and thus they went to Lord Kṛṣṇa and told Him what had happened. The Lord accompanied them to the well and, extending His left hand, easily lifted the lizard out. By the touch of Lord Kṛṣṇa's hand the creature transformed at once into a demigod. Then Lord Kṛṣṇa asked, "Who are you, and how did you assume such a lowly form?
The divine being replied, "My name was King Nṛga, son of Ikṣvāku, and I was famous for giving charity. Indeed, I gave away countless cows to numerous brāhmaṇas. But on one occasion a cow belonging to a first-class brāhmaṇa wandered into my herd. Unaware of this, I gave this cow in charity to a different brāhmaṇa. When the cow's previous owner saw the second brāhmaṇa taking this cow away, the first brāhmaṇa claimed the cow as his and began arguing with the second brāhmaṇa. After quarreling for some time they approached me, and I implored them to each take one hundred thousand cows in exchange for that one cow, and to please forgive me for the offense I had unknowingly committed. But neither brāhmaṇa would accept my proposal, and the matter remained unsettled.
"Shortly thereafter I died and was taken by the Yamadūtas to the court of Yamarāja. Yama asked me which I preferred to do first: suffer the results of my sins or enjoy the results of my pious acts. I decided to suffer my sinful reactions first, and thus I assumed the body of a lizard."
After King Nṛga had told his story, he offered prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa and then mounted a celestial airplane, which transported him to heaven.
Lord Kṛṣṇa then instructed His personal associates, as well as the general mass of people, on the dangers of stealing a brāhmaṇa 's property. Finally, the Lord returned to His palace.