रासोन्मुखः कलपदायतमूर्च्छितेन ।
उद्दीपितस्मररुजां व्रजभृद्वधूनां
हर्तुर्हरिष्यति शिरो धनदानुगस्य ॥३३॥
krÄ«á¸an vane niÅ›i niÅ›Äkara-raÅ›mi-gauryÄá¹
rÄsonmukhaḥ kala-padÄyata-mÅ«rcchitena
uddÄ«pita-smara-rujÄá¹ vraja-bhá¹›d-vadhÅ«nÄá¹
hartur hariá¹£yati Å›iro dhanadÄnugasya
krÄ«á¸an - while engaged in His pastimes; vane - in the forest of Vá¹›ndÄvana; niÅ›i - nocturnal; niÅ›Äkara - the moon; raÅ›mi-gauryÄm - white moonshine; rÄsa-unmukhaḥ - desiring to dance with; kala-padÄyata - accompanied by sweet songs; mÅ«rcchitena - and melodious music; uddÄ«pita - awakened; smara-rujÄm - sexual desires; vraja-bhá¹›t - the inhabitants of VrajabhÅ«mi; vadhÅ«nÄm - of the wives; hartuḥ - of the kidnappers; hariá¹£yati - will vanquish; Å›iraḥ - the head; dhanada-anugasya - of the follower of the rich Kuvera.
When the Lord was engaged in His pastimes of the rÄsa dance in the forest of Vá¹›ndÄvana, enlivening the sexual desires of the wives of the inhabitants of Vá¹›ndÄvana by sweet and melodious songs, a demon of the name Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a, a rich follower of the treasurer of heaven [Kuvera], kidnapped the damsels, and the Lord severed his head from his trunk.
We should carefully note that the statements described herein are the statements of BrahmÄjÄ« to NÄrada, and he was speaking to NÄrada of events that would happen in the future, during the advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The pastimes of the Lord are known to the experts who are able to see past, present and future, and BrahmÄjÄ«, being one of them, foretold what would happen in the future. The killing of Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a by the Lord is a more recent incident, after the rÄsa-lÄ«lÄ, and not exactly a simultaneous affair. In the previous verses we have seen also that the Lord’s engagement in the affairs of the forest fire was described along with His pastimes of punishing the KÄliya snake, and similarly the pastimes of the rÄsa dance and the killing of Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a are also described herein. The adjustment is that all these incidents would take place in the future, after the time when it was being foretold by BrahmÄjÄ« to NÄrada. The demon Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a was killed by the Lord during His pastimes at HorikÄ in the month of PhÄlguna, and the same ceremony is still observed in India by the burning of the effigy of Åšaá¹…khacÅ«á¸a one day prior to the Lord’s pastimes at HorikÄ, generally known as Holi.
Generally the future appearance and the activities of the Lord or His incarnations are foretold in the scriptures, and thus the pseudo incarnations are unable to cheat persons who are in knowledge of the events as they are described in the authoritative scriptures.
