Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 66

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: अक्षै: सभायां क्रीडन्तं भगवन्तं भयातुरा: ।त्राहि त्राहि त्रिलोकेश वह्ने: प्रदहत: पुरम् ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: akṣaiḥ sabhāyāṁ krīḍantaṁbhagavantaṁ bhayāturāḥtrāhi trāhi tri-lokeśavahneḥ pradahataḥ puram Translation: Distraught with fear, the people cried out to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was then playing at dice in the royal court: “Save us! Save us, O Lord of the three worlds, from this fire burning up the city!...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: श्रुत्वा तज्जनवैक्लव्यं द‍ृष्ट्वा स्वानां च साध्वसम् ।शरण्य: सम्प्रहस्याह मा भैष्टेत्यवितास्म्यहम् ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: śrutvā taj jana-vaiklavyaṁdṛṣṭvā svānāṁ ca sādhvasamśaraṇyaḥ samprahasyāhamā bhaiṣṭety avitāsmy aham Translation: When Lord Kṛṣṇa heard the people’s agitation and saw that even His own men were disturbed, that most worthy giver of shelter simply laughed and told them, “Do not fear; I shall protect you.” Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: सर्वस्यान्तर्बहि:साक्षी कृत्यां माहेश्वरीं विभु: ।विज्ञाय तद्विघातार्थं पार्श्वस्थं चक्रमादिशत् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: sarvasyāntar-bahiḥ-sākṣīkṛtyāṁ māheśvarīṁ vibhuḥvijñāya tad-vighātārthaṁpārśva-sthaṁ cakram ādiśat Translation: The almighty Lord, the internal and external witness of all, understood that the monster had been produced by Lord Śiva from the sacrificial fire. To defeat the demon, Kṛṣṇa dispatched His disc weapon, who was waiting at His side. Purport: Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that Lord Kṛṣṇa, playing the part of a king, was absorbed in a gambling match and did not want to be disturbed by such an insignificant matter as the attack of a fiery demon....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: तत् सूर्यकोटिप्रतिमं सुदर्शनंजाज्वल्यमानं प्रलयानलप्रभम् ।स्वतेजसा खं ककुभोऽथ रोदसीचक्रं मुकुन्दास्‍त्रमथाग्निमार्दयत् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: tat sūrya-koṭi-pratimaṁ sudarśanaṁjājvalyamānaṁ pralayānala-prabhamsva-tejasā khaṁ kakubho ’tha rodasīcakraṁ mukundāstraṁ athāgnim ārdayat Translation: That Sudarśana, the disc weapon of Lord Mukunda, blazed forth like millions of suns. His effulgence blazed like the fire of universal annihilation, and with his heat he pained the sky, all the directions, heaven and earth, and also the fiery demon....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: कृत्यानल: प्रतिहत: स रथाङ्गपाणे-रस्त्रौजसा स नृप भग्नमुखो निवृत्त: ।वाराणसीं परिसमेत्य सुदक्षिणं तंसर्त्विग्जनं समदहत् स्वकृतोऽभिचार: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: kṛtyānalaḥ pratihataḥ sa rathānga-pāṇerastraujasā sa nṛpa bhagna-mukho nivṛttaḥvārāṇasīṁ parisametya sudakṣiṇaṁ taṁsartvig-janaṁ samadahat sva-kṛto ’bhicāraḥ Translation: Frustrated by the power of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s weapon, O King, the fiery creature produced by black magic turned his face away and retreated. Created for violence, the demon then returned to Vārāṇasī, where he surrounded the city and then burned Sudakṣiṇa and his priests to death, even though Sudakṣiṇa was his creator....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: चक्रं च विष्णोस्तदनुप्रविष्टंवाराणसीं साट्टसभालयापणाम् ।सगोपुराट्टालककोष्ठसङ्कुलांसकोशहस्त्यश्वरथान्नशालिनीम् ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: cakraṁ ca viṣṇos tad-anupraviṣṭaṁvārānasīṁ sāṭṭa-sabhālayāpaṇāmsa-gopurāṭṭālaka-koṣṭha-saṅkulāṁsa-kośa-hasty-aśva-rathānna-śālinīm Translation: Lord Viṣṇu’s disc also entered Vārāṇasī, in pursuit of the fiery demon, and proceeded to burn the city to the ground, including all its assembly halls and residential palaces with raised porches, its numerous marketplaces, gateways, watchtowers, warehouses and treasuries, and all the buildings housing elephants, horses, chariots and grains....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: दग्ध्वा वाराणसीं सर्वां विष्णोश्चक्रं सुदर्शनम् ।भूय: पार्श्वमुपातिष्ठत् कृष्णस्याक्लिष्टकर्मण: ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: dagdhvā vārāṇasīṁ sarvāṁviṣṇoś cakraṁ sudarśanambhūyaḥ pārśvam upātiṣṭhatkṛṣṇasyākliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ Translation: After burning down the entire city of Vārāṇasī, Lord Viṣṇu’s Sudarśana cakra returned to the side of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose actions are effortless. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: य एनं श्रावयेन्मर्त्य उत्तम:श्लोकविक्रमम् ।समाहितो वा श‍ृणुयात् सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: ya enaṁ śrāvayen martyauttamaḥ-śloka-vikramamsamāhito vā śṛṇuyātsarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate Translation: Any mortal who recounts this heroic pastime of Lord Uttamaḥ-śloka’s, or who simply hears it attentively, will become freed from all sins. Purport: