sakhyuḥ so 'pacitiḿ kurvan
vānaro rāṣṭra-viplavam
pura-grāmākarān ghoṣān
adahad vahnim utsṛjan
sakhyuh -- of his friend (Naraka, whom Lord Krishna had killed); sah -- he; apacitim -- repayment of his debt; kurvan -- doing; vanarah -- the ape; rashtra -- of the kingdom; viplavam -- creating great disturbance; pura -- the cities; grama -- villages; akaran -- and mines; ghoshan -- cowherd communities; adahat -- he burned; vahnim -- fire; utsrijan -- spreading about.
To avenge the death of his friend [Naraka], the ape Dvivida ravaged the land, setting fires that burned cities, villages, mines and cowherd dwellings.
Krishna had killed Dvivida's friend Naraka, and to retaliate the ape intended to destroy Lord Krishna's flourishing kingdom. In Krishna Srila Prabhupada writes, "His first business was to set fires in villages, towns, and industrial and mining places, as well as the residential quarters of the mercantile men who were busy dairy farming and protecting cows."
