2016-03-15 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.16 - Call of Duty Over Call of Love (download mp3) by Radhika Vallabha Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.78.16evam yogesvarah krsno bhagavan jagad-isvarahiyate pasu-drstinam nirjito jayatiti sah Translation: Thus Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master all mystic power and Lord of the universe, is ever victorious. Only those of beastly vision think He sometimes suffers defeat. Purport: Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives the following elaborate commentary on this section of Srimad-Bhagavatam: Concerning the killing of Dantavakra, the Uttara-khanda (279) of the Padma Purana contains further details in the following prose passage: atha sisupalam nihatam srutva dantavakrah krsnena saha yoddhum mathuram ajagama. krsnas tu tac chrutva ratham aruhya mathuram ayayau. “Then, hearing that Sisupala had been killed, Dantavakra went to Mathura to fight against Krsna. When Krsna, moreover, heard of this, He mounted His chariot and went to Mathura.” Tayor dantavakra-vasudevayor aho-ratram mathura-dvari sangramah samavartata; krsnas tu gadaya tam jaghana; sa tu curnita-sarvango vajra-nirbhinno mahidhara iva gatasur avani-tale nipapata; so ’pi hareh sarupyena yogi-gamyam nityananda-sukha-dam sasvatam paramam padam avapa: “Between the two of them — Dantavakra and Lord Vasudeva — there then began a battle at the gate of Mathura that lasted all day and night. Finally Krsna struck Dantavakra with His club, at which point Dantavakra fell lifeless to the ground, all his limbs smashed like a mountain shattered by a lightning bolt. Dantavakra achieved the liberation of gaining a form equal to the Lord’s, and thus he also achieved the Lord’s eternal, supreme abode, attainable by perfect yogis, which bestows the happiness of everlasting spiritual bliss.” Ittham jaya-vijayau sanakadi-sapa-vyajena kevalam bhagavato lilartham samsrtav avatirya janma-traye ’pi tenaiva nihatau janma-trayavasane muktim avaptau: “So it was that Jaya and Vijaya — apparently because of being cursed by Sanaka and his brothers but actually to facilitate the Supreme Lord’s pastimes — descended to this material world and in three consecutive lifetimes were killed by the Lord Himself. Then, at the completion of these three lifetimes, they attained liberation.” In this passage of the Padma Purana the words krsnas tu tac chrutva, “when Krsna heard of this,” indicate that the Lord heard from Narada, who travels as swiftly as the mind, that Dantavakra had gone to Mathura. Therefore immediately after killing Salva, without first entering Dvaraka, the Lord reached the vicinity of Mathura in a single moment on His chariot, which also moves as swiftly as the mind, and there He saw Dantavakra. Thus it is that even today, by the gate of Mathura facing the direction of Dvaraka, there is a village known in the vernacular as Datiha, a name derived from the Sanskrit dantavakra-ha, “killer of Dantavakra.” This village was founded by Krsna’s great-grandson Vajra. In the same section of the Padma Purana, these statements follow: krsno ’pi tam hatva yamunam uttirya nanda-vrajam gatva sotkanthau pitarav abhivadyasvasya tabhyam sasru-sekam alingitah sakala-gopa-vrddhan pranamya bahu-vastrabharanadibhis tatra-sthan santarpayam asa. “And after killing him [Viduratha], Krsna crossed the Yamuna and went to the cowherd village of Nanda, where He honored and consoled His aggrieved parents. They drenched Him with tears and embraced Him, and then the Lord offered obeisances to the elder cowherd men and gratified all the residents with abundant gifts of clothing, ornaments and so on.” kalindyah puline ramye punya-vrksa-samacitegopa-naribhir anisam kridayam asa kesavah ramya-keli-sukhenaiva gopa-vesa-dharah prabhuhbahu-prema-rasenatra masa-dvayam uvasa ha “Lord Kesava sported continuously with the cowherd women on the Kalindi’s charming bank, which was filled with pious trees. Thus the Supreme Lord, assuming the appearance of a
