evaá¹ kukudminaá¹ hatvÄ
stÅ«yamÄnaḥ dvijÄtibhiḥ
viveÅ›a goá¹£á¹haá¹ sa-balo
gopÄ«nÄá¹ nayanotsavaḥ
evam - thus; kukudminam - the humped (bull demon); hatvÄ - killing; stÅ«yamÄnaḥ - being praised; dvijÄtibhiḥ - by the brÄhmaṇas; viveÅ›a - He entered; goá¹£á¹ham - the cowherd village; sa-balaḥ - together with Lord BalarÄma; gopÄ«nÄm - of the gopÄ«s; nayana - for the eyes; utsavaḥ - who is a festival.
Having thus killed the bull demon Ariá¹£á¹a, He who is a festival for the gopÄ«s’ eyes entered the cowherd village with BalarÄma.
This verse exemplifies the sublime contrast of spiritual qualities within ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. In one four-line verse we simultaneously learn that Lord Kṛṣṇa killed a powerful and wicked demon and that His boyish beauty gave festive pleasure to His young girlfriends. Lord Kṛṣṇa is as hard as a thunderbolt or as soft as a rose, depending on our attitude toward Him. The demon Ariá¹£á¹a wanted to kill Kṛṣṇa and all His friends, so the Lord beat him into a wet rag and killed him. The gopÄ«s, however, loved Kṛṣṇa, and thus the Lord boyishly reciprocated their conjugal feelings.
