etat kaá¹sÄya bhagavÄñ
chaÅ›aá¹sÄbhyetya nÄradaḥ
bhÅ«mer bhÄrÄyamÄṇÄnÄá¹
daityÄnÄá¹ ca vadhodyamam

 etat - all these words about the Yadu family and Vṛṣṇi family; kaá¹sÄya - unto King Kaá¹sa; bhagavÄn - the most powerful representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Å›aÅ›aá¹sa - informed (Kaá¹sa, who was in doubt); abhyetya - after approaching him; nÄradaḥ - the great sage NÄrada; bhÅ«meḥ - on the surface of the earth; bhÄrÄyamÄṇÄnÄm - of those who were a burden; daityÄnÄm ca - and of the demons; vadha-udyamam - the endeavor to kill.


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Once the great saint NÄrada approached Kaá¹sa and informed him of how the demoniac persons who were a great burden on the earth were going to be killed. Thus Kaá¹sa was placed into great fear and doubt.

Purport

It has already been discussed that mother earth implored Lord BrahmÄ to give her relief from the distress created by the burdensome demons and that Lord BrahmÄ informed her that Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself was going to appear. Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.8):

paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹
 vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm
dharma-saá¹sthÄpanÄrthÄya
 sambhavÄmi yuge yuge

Whenever there is a burden created by the demons and whenever the innocent devotees are distressed by demoniac rulers, the Lord appears in due course of time to kill the demons with the assistance of His real representatives, who are technically called demigods. In the Upaniá¹£ads it is stated that the demigods are different parts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is the duty of the parts of the body to serve the whole, it is the duty of Kṛṣṇa’s devotees to serve Kṛṣṇa as He wants. Kṛṣṇa’s business is to kill the demons, and therefore this should be a devotee’s business also. Because the people of Kali-yuga are fallen, however, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, out of kindness for them, did not bring any weapon to kill them. Rather, by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness, love of Kṛṣṇa, He wanted to kill their nefarious, demoniac activities. This is the purpose of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Unless the demoniac activities on the surface of the world are diminished or vanquished, no one can be happy. The program for the conditioned soul is fully described in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, and one simply has to follow these instructions to become happy. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu has therefore prescribed:

harer nÄma harer nÄma
 harer nÄmaiva kevalam
kalau nÄsty eva nÄsty eva
 nÄsty eva gatir anyathÄ

Let people chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra constantly. Then their demoniac tendencies will be killed, and they will become first-class devotees, happy in this life and in the next.