हत्वा रिपून् सुतशतानि कृतोरुदारः ।
उत्पाद्य तेषु पुरुषः क्रतुभिः समीजे
आत्मानमात्मनिगमं प्रथयन्जनेषु ॥६६॥
jÄto gataḥ pitá¹›-gá¹›hÄd vrajam edhitÄrtho
hatvÄ ripÅ«n suta-Å›atÄni ká¹›torudÄraḥ
utpÄdya teá¹£u puruá¹£aḥ kratubhiḥ samÄ«je
ÄtmÄnam Ätma-nigamaá¹ prathayañ janeá¹£u
2 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: SB(2)
jÄtaḥ - after taking birth as the son of Vasudeva; gataḥ - went away; pitá¹›-gá¹›hÄt - from the houses of His father; vrajam - to Vá¹›ndÄvana; edhita-arthaḥ - to exalt the position (of Vá¹›ndÄvana); hatvÄ - killing there; ripÅ«n - many demons; suta-Å›atÄni - hundreds of sons; ká¹›ta-urudÄraḥ - accepting many thousands of wives, the best of women; utpÄdya - begot; teá¹£u - in them; puruá¹£aḥ - the Supreme Person, who exactly resembles a human being; kratubhiḥ - by many sacrifices; samÄ«je - worshiped; ÄtmÄnam - Himself (because He is the person worshiped by all sacrifices); Ätma-nigamam - exactly according to the ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedas; prathayan - expanding the Vedic principles; janeá¹£u - among the people in general.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, known as lÄ«lÄ-puruá¹£ottama, appeared as the son of Vasudeva but immediately left His father’s home and went to Vá¹›ndÄvana to expand His loving relationship with His confidential devotees. In Vá¹›ndÄvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterwards He returned to DvÄrakÄ, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for His own worship to establish the principles of householder life.
As stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.15), vedaiÅ› ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: by all the Vedas, it is Kṛṣṇa who is to be known. Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, setting an example by His own behavior, performed many ritualistic ceremonies described in the Vedas and established the principles of gá¹›hastha life by marrying many wives and begetting many children just to show people in general how to be happy by living according to Vedic principles. The center of Vedic sacrifice is Kṛṣṇa (vedaiÅ› ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ). To advance in human life, human society must follow the Vedic principles personally demonstrated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in His householder life. The real purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, however, was to manifest how one can take part in loving affairs with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Reciprocations of loving affairs in ecstasy are possible only in Vá¹›ndÄvana. Therefore just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, the Lord immediately left for Vá¹›ndÄvana. In Vá¹›ndÄvana, the Lord not only took part in loving affairs with His father and mother, the gopÄ«s and the cowherd boys, but also gave liberation to many demons by killing them. As stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.8), paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm: the Lord appears in order to protect the devotees and kill the demons. This was fully exhibited by His personal behavior. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ the Lord is understood by Arjuna to be puruá¹£aá¹ Å›ÄÅ›vataá¹ divyam — the eternal, transcendental Supreme Person. Here also we find the words utpÄdya teá¹£u puruá¹£aḥ. Therefore it is to be concluded that the Absolute Truth is puruá¹£a, a person. The impersonal feature is but one of the features of His personality. Ultimately, He is a person; He is not impersonal. And not only is He puruá¹£a, a person, but He is the lÄ«lÄ-puruá¹£ottama, the best of all persons.
