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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.204

(59) hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ –
[(59) hataari-gati-daayakah –]
mukti-dātā hatārīṇāṁ hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ ||204||
[mukti-daataa hataareenaam hataari-gati-daayakah ||204||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
(59) hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ –
mukti-dātā hatārīṇāṁ hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ ||204||
He who gives liberation to those He kills is called “giver of the goal to those he kills.”

59. Kṛṣṇa Gives Salvation to the Enemies That He Kills

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Bhakti-sāra-pradarśinī
Commentary

Qualities such as giving liberation to the enemy actually belong only to Kṛṣṇa, since the ordinary forms of Nārāyaṇa possess ordinary qualities of awarding a goal to the enemy. [Note: In the commentary on verse 40 it was explained that Nārāyaṇa gives Svarga to the enemy. He is the source of the puruṣāvatāras but He is not avatārī.]

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Liberation mentioned in this definition is representative only, and should also be understood to include giving bhakti to persons such as Pūtanā well. This has been indicated with amī kṛṣṇe kilādbhūtāḥ: these qualities become more astounding in Kṛṣṇa. (2.1.40)

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