athÄgha-nÄmÄbhyapatan mahÄsuras
teá¹£Äá¹ sukha-krÄ«á¸ana-vÄ«ká¹£aṇÄká¹£amaḥ
nityaṠyad-antar nija-jīvitepsubhiḥ
pÄ«tÄmá¹›tair apy amaraiḥ pratÄ«ká¹£yate
atha - thereafter; agha-nÄma - a very powerful demon by the name Agha; abhyapatat - appeared on the spot; mahÄ-asuraḥ - a great, extremely powerful demon; teá¹£Äm - of the cowherd boys; sukha-krÄ«á¸ana - the enjoyment of their transcendental pastimes; vÄ«ká¹£aṇa-aká¹£amaḥ - being unable to see, he could not tolerate the transcendental happiness of the cowherd boys; nityam - perpetually; yat-antaḥ - the end of the life of AghÄsura; nija-jÄ«vita-Ä«psubhiḥ - just to live undisturbed by AghÄsura; pÄ«ta-amá¹›taiḥ api - although they drank nectar every day; amaraiḥ - by such demigods; pratÄ«ká¹£yate - was also being awaited (the demigods were also awaiting the death of the great demon AghÄsura).
My dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it, thereafter there appeared a great demon named AghÄsura, whose death was being awaited even by the demigods. The demigods drank nectar every day, but still they feared this great demon and awaited his death. This demon could not tolerate the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed in the forest by the cowherd boys.
One may ask how Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes could be interrupted by a demon. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura answers this question by saying that although the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed by the cowherd boys could not be stopped, unless they stopped the transcendental pleasure of their various activities they could not eat their lunch. Therefore at lunchtime AghÄsura appeared by the arrangement of Yoga-mÄyÄ, so that for the time being they could stop their activities and take lunch. Changing varieties is the mother of enjoyment. The cowherd boys would continuously play, then stop, and then again enjoy in a different way. Therefore every day a demon would come and interrupt their sporting pastimes. The demon would be killed, and then the boys would engage again in their transcendental pastimes.
