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SB 10.37.30

Devanāgarī

तस्य तत् कर्म विज्ञाय कृष्ण: शरणद: सताम् । गोपान् नयन्तं जग्राह वृकं हरिरिवौजसा ॥ ३० ॥

Text

tasya tat karma vijñāya kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇa-daḥ satām gopān nayantaṁ jagrāha vṛkaṁ harir ivaujasā

Synonyms

tasya—of him, Vyomāsura;tat—that;karma—activity;vijñāya—fully understanding;kṛṣṇaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa;śaraṇa—of shelter;daḥ—the giver;satām—to saintly devotees;gopān—cowherd boys;nayantam—who was leading;jagrāha—He seized;vṛkam—a wolf;hariḥ—a lion;iva—just as;ojasā—forcefully.

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa, who shelters all saintly devotees, understood perfectly well what Vyomāsura was doing. Just as a lion grabs a wolf, Kṛṣṇa forcefully seized the demon as he was taking away more cowherd boys.

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