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ŚB 10.74.45

Devanagari

चैद्यदेहोत्थितं ज्योतिर्वासुदेवमुपाविशत् ।
पश्यतां सर्वभूतानामुल्केव भुवि खाच्च्युता ॥ ४५ ॥

Text

caidya-dehotthitaṁ jyotir
vāsudevam upāviśat
paśyatāṁ sarva-bhūtānām
ulkeva bhuvi khāc cyutā

Synonyms

caidya — of Śiśupāla; deha — from the body; utthitam — risen; jyotiḥ — a light; vāsudevam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; upāviśat — entered; paśyatām — as they watched; sarva — all; bhūtānām — living beings; ulkā — a meteor; iva — as if; bhuvi — on the earth; khāt — from the sky; cyutā — fallen.

Translation

An effulgent light rose from Śiśupāla’s body and, as everyone watched, entered Lord Kṛṣṇa just like a meteor falling from the sky to the earth.

Purport

In this connection, the ācāryas remind us that Śiśupāla is actually one of the Lord’s eternal associates playing the part of a belligerent demon. Thus to most observers it appeared that Śiśupāla achieved the impersonal liberation of merging into Lord Kṛṣṇa’s bodily effulgence. In fact, after being liberated from his mortal frame, Śiśupāla returned to the side of his master, the Supreme Lord of the spiritual world. The following verse further explains this.