| Shrimad Bhagavatam 10.16.26 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2013|07:11 am] |
"Having severely depleted the serpent's strength with His relentless circling, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the origin of everything, pushed down Kāliya's raised shoulders and mounted his broad serpentine heads. Thus Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the original master of all fine arts, began to dance, His lotus feet deeply reddened by the touch of the numerous jewels upon the serpent's heads."
PURPORT
Śrī Hari-vaḿśa states, śiraḥ sa kṛṣṇo jagrāha sva-hastenāvanamya: "Kṛṣṇa grabbed Kāliya's head with His hand and forced it to bow down." Most people in this world are quite reluctant to bow down to the Supreme Person, the Absolute Truth. In the contaminated state called material consciousness, we conditioned souls become proud of our insignificant position and are thus reluctant to bow our heads before the Lord.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that Lord Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet became red like copper because of their contact with the numerous hard jewels upon the heads of Kāliya. Lord Kṛṣṇa, with those glowing reddish feet, then began to demonstrate His artistic skill by dancing on the unsteady, moving surface of the serpent's hoods. This extraordinary demonstration of dancing skill was meant for the pleasure of the young women of Vṛndāvana, who at this phase of their relationship with Kṛṣṇa were seriously falling in love with Him. |
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