Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 112


Sanskrit:

मर्त्येन यो गुरुसुतं यमलोकनीतंत्वां चानयच्छरणद: परमास्‍त्रदग्धम् ।जिग्येऽन्तकान्तकमपीशमसावनीश:किं स्वावने स्वरनयन्मृगयुं सदेहम् ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

martyena yo guru-sutaṁ yama-loka-nītaṁtvāṁ cānayac charaṇa-daḥ paramāstra-dagdhamjigye ’ntakāntakam apīśam asāv anīśaḥkiṁ svāvane svar anayan mṛgayuṁ sa-deham

Translation:

Lord Kṛṣṇa brought the son of His guru back from the planet of the lord of death in the boy’s selfsame body, and as the ultimate giver of protection He saved you also when you were burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā. He conquered in battle even Lord Śiva, who deals death to the agents of death, and He sent the hunter Jarā directly to Vaikuṇṭha in his human body. How could such a personality be unable to protect His own Self?

Purport:

To mitigate his own and Parīkṣit Mahārāja’s distress at the narration of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s departure from this world, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī here gives several clear examples proving that Lord Kṛṣṇa is far beyond the influence of death. Although the son of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual master (Sāndīpani Muni) had been taken by death, the Lord brought him back in his same body. Similarly, the power of Brahman cannot touch Lord Kṛṣṇa, since Parīkṣit Mahārāja, though burned by the brahmāstra weapon, was easily saved by the Lord. Lord Śiva was clearly defeated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the battle with Bāṇāsura, and the hunter Jarā was sent to a Vaikuṇṭha planet in his same human body. Death is an insignificant expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s external potency and cannot possibly act upon the Lord Himself. Those who actually understand the transcendental nature of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s activities will find convincing evidence in these examples.