यद्वै व्रजे व्रजपशून्विषतोयपीतान्
पालांस्त्वजीवयदनुग्रहदृष्टिवृष्ट्या ।
तच्छुद्धयेऽतिविषवीर्यविलोलजिह्वम्
उच्चाटयिष्यदुरगं विहरन्ह्रदिन्याम् ॥२८॥

yad vai vraje vraja-paśūn viá¹£atoya-pÄ«tÄn
pÄlÄá¹s tv ajÄ«vayad anugraha-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyÄ
tac-chuddhaye 'ti-viṣa-vīrya-vilola-jihvam
uccÄá¹­ayiá¹£yad uragaá¹ viharan hradinyÄm

 yat - one who; vai - certainly; vraje - at Vá¹›ndÄvana; vraja-paśūn - the animals thereof; viá¹£a-toya - poisoned water; pÄ«tÄn - those who drank; pÄlÄn - the cowherd men; tu - also; ajÄ«vayat - brought to life; anugraha-dṛṣṭi - merciful glance; vṛṣṭyÄ - by the showers of; tat - that; Å›uddhaye - for purification; ati - exceedingly; viá¹£a-vÄ«rya - highly potent poison; vilola - lurking; jihvam - one who has such a tongue; uccÄá¹­ayiá¹£yat - severely punished; uragam - unto the snake; viharan - taking it as a pleasure; hradinyÄm - in the river.


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Then also when the cowherd boys and their animals drank the poisoned water of the river YamunÄ, and after the Lord [in His childhood] revived them by His merciful glance, just to purify the water of the river YamunÄ He jumped into it as if playing and chastised the venomous KÄliya snake, which was lurking there, its tongue emitting waves of poison. Who can perform such herculean tasks but the Supreme Lord?

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