Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 9: Liberation

Chapter 24: Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Text 67

पृथ्व्याः स वै गुरुभरं क्षपयन् कुरूणा
मन्तःसमुत्थकलिना युधि भूपचम्वः ।
दृष्ट्या विधूय विजये जयमुद्विघोष्य
प्रोच्योद्धवाय च परं समगात् स्वधाम ॥६७॥

pá¹›thvyÄḥ sa vai guru-bharaá¹ ká¹£apayan kurūṇÄm
antaḥ-samuttha-kalinÄ yudhi bhÅ«pa-camvaḥ
dṛṣṭyÄ vidhÅ«ya vijaye jayam udvighoá¹£ya
procyoddhavÄya ca paraá¹ samagÄt sva-dhÄma

 pá¹›thvyÄḥ - on the earth; saḥ - He (Lord Kṛṣṇa); vai - indeed; guru-bharam - a great burden; ká¹£apayan - completely finishing; kurūṇÄm - of the personalities born in the Kuru dynasty; antaḥ-samuttha-kalinÄ - by creating enmity between the brothers by disagreement; yudhi - in the Battle of Kuruká¹£etra; bhÅ«pa-camvaḥ - all the demoniac kings; dṛṣṭyÄ - by His glance; vidhÅ«ya - cleansing their sinful activities; vijaye - in victory; jayam - victory; udvighoá¹£ya - declaring (the victory for Arjuna); procya - giving instructions; uddhavÄya - unto Uddhava; ca - also; param - transcendental; samagÄt - returned; sva-dhÄma - to His own place.


Text

Thereafter, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa created a misunderstanding between family members just to diminish the burden of the world. Simply by His glance, He annihilated all the demoniac kings on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra and declared victory for Arjuna. Finally, He instructed Uddhava about transcendental life and devotion and then returned to His abode in His original form.

Purport

ParitrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm. The mission of Lord Kṛṣṇa was performed on the Battlefield of Kuruká¹£etra, for by the Lord’s mercy Arjuna was victorious due to being a great devotee whereas the others were killed simply by the Lord’s glance, which cleansed them of all sinful activities and enabled them to attain sÄrÅ«pya. Finally, Lord Kṛṣṇa instructed Uddhava about the transcendental life of devotional service, and then, in due course of time, He returned to His abode. The Lord’s instructions in the form of Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ are full of jñÄna and vairÄgya, knowledge and renunciation. In the human form of life, one must learn these two things — how to become detached from the material world and how to acquire full knowledge in spiritual life. This is the Lord’s mission (paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm). After executing His complete mission, the Lord returned to His home, Goloka Vá¹›ndÄvana.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.â€

END OF THE NINTH CANTO