caidya-dehotthitaá¹ jyotir
vÄsudevam upÄviÅ›at
paÅ›yatÄá¹ sarva-bhÅ«tÄnÄm
ulkeva bhuvi khÄc cyutÄ
caidya - of ÅšiÅ›upÄla; deha - from the body; utthitam - risen; jyotiḥ - a light; vÄsudevam - Lord Kṛṣṇa; upÄviÅ›at - entered; paÅ›yatÄm - as they watched; sarva - all; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - living beings; ulkÄ - a meteor; iva - as if; bhuvi - on the earth; khÄt - from the sky; cyutÄ - fallen.
An effulgent light rose from ÅšiÅ›upÄla’s body and, as everyone watched, entered Lord Kṛṣṇa just like a meteor falling from the sky to the earth.
In this connection, the ÄcÄryas remind us that ÅšiÅ›upÄla is actually one of the Lord’s eternal associates playing the part of a belligerent demon. Thus to most observers it appeared that ÅšiÅ›upÄla achieved the impersonal liberation of merging into Lord Kṛṣṇa’s bodily effulgence. In fact, after being liberated from his mortal frame, ÅšiÅ›upÄla returned to the side of his master, the Supreme Lord of the spiritual world. The following verse further explains this.
