तत् कर्म दिव्यमिव यन्निशि नि:शयानं दावाग्निना शुचिवने परिदह्यमाने । उन्नेष्यति व्रजमतोऽवसितान्तकालं नेत्रे पिधाप्य सबलोऽनधिगम्यवीर्य: ॥ २९ ॥
tat karma divyam iva yan nisi nihsayanam davagnina suci-vane paridahyamane unnesyati vrajam ato ’vasitanta-kalam netre pidhapya sabalo ’nadhigamya-viryah
- tat
- that
- karma
- activity
- divyam
- superhuman
- iva
- like
- yat
- which
- nisi
- at night
- nihsayanam
- sleeping carefreely
- dava-agnina
- by the glare of the forest fire
- suci-vane
- in the dry forest
- paridahyamane
- being set ablaze
- unnesyati
- would deliver
- vrajam
- all the inhabitants of Vraja
- atah
- hence
- avasita
- surely
- anta-kalam
- last moments of life
- netre
- on the eyes
- pidhapya
- simply by closing
- sa-balah
- along with Baladeva
- anadhigamya
- unfathomable
- viryah
- prowess
On the very night of the day of the chastisement of the Kaliya snake, when the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi were sleeping carefreely, there was a forest fire ablaze due to dry leaves, and it appeared that all the inhabitants were sure to meet their death. But the Lord, along with Balarama, saved them simply by closing His eyes. Such are the superhuman activities of the Lord.