Shloka 20
Utthāna Ceremony, Śakaṭa-bhañga, Tṛṇāvarta-vadha, and the Vision of the Universe in Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth
दैत्यो नाम्ना तृणावर्त: कंसभृत्य: प्रणोदित: । चक्रवातस्वरूपेण जहारासीनमर्भकम् ॥ २० ॥
daityo nāmnā tṛṇāvartaḥ kaṁsa-bhṛtyaḥ praṇoditaḥ cakravāta-svarūpeṇa jahārāsīnam arbhakam
کَنس کا خادم تِرِناورت نامی دیو، اس کے اکسانے پر، بگولے کی صورت اختیار کر کے زمین پر بیٹھے بچے کو نہایت آسانی سے ہوا میں اٹھا لے گیا۔
Kṛṣṇa’s heaviness was unbearable for the child’s mother, but when Tṛṇāvartāsura came, he immediately carried the child away. This was another demonstration of Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable energy. When the Tṛṇāvarta demon came, Kṛṣṇa became lighter than the grass so that the demon could carry Him away. This was ānanda-cinmaya-rasa, Kṛṣṇa’s blissful, transcendental pleasure.
FAQs
In Canto 10, Chapter 7, Śukadeva describes Tṛṇāvarta as a demon servant of Kaṁsa who came in the form of a whirlwind to abduct the infant Kṛṣṇa.
Kaṁsa, fearing the prophecy of his death, repeatedly sent demons to eliminate Kṛṣṇa; Tṛṇāvarta was one such agent dispatched to kill or seize the child.
The verse reinforces trust that sincere devotion brings divine shelter—encouraging steadiness in spiritual practice even when life feels like a “whirlwind” of obstacles.