Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15

Sanskrit:

एवं कुकुद्मिनं हत्वा स्तूयमान: द्विजातिभि: ।विवेश गोष्ठं सबलो गोपीनां नयनोत्सव: ॥ १५ ॥

ITRANS:

evaṁ kukudminaṁ hatvāstūyamānaḥ dvijātibhiḥviveśa goṣṭhaṁ sa-balogopīnāṁ nayanotsavaḥ

Translation:

Having thus killed the bull demon Ariṣṭa, He who is a festival for the gopīs’ eyes entered the cowherd village with Balarāma.

Purport:

This verse exemplifies the sublime contrast of spiritual qualities within Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In one four-line verse we simultaneously learn that Lord Kṛṣṇa killed a powerful and wicked demon and that His boyish beauty gave festive pleasure to His young girlfriends. Lord Kṛṣṇa is as hard as a thunderbolt or as soft as a rose, depending on our attitude toward Him. The demon Ariṣṭa wanted to kill Kṛṣṇa and all His friends, so the Lord beat him into a wet rag and killed him. The gopīs, however, loved Kṛṣṇa, and thus the Lord boyishly reciprocated their conjugal feelings.