According to verse 62, instruction is given to worship and remember the lord to become free from sin. The snakes therefore now begin to worship Krsna. "For me, the most sinful, you gave the most mercy, for you do not put your foot on others’ heads and mark them with sankha and cakra. In a respectful mood, with my wives, I worship you with cool sandalwood in my hand, because your body was burned by the poison from my fangs." "But applying these ointments will take time." "Then please sit. Making him sit, Kaliya and his wives applied sandalwood." Fulfilling their hearts desire fully, they attained the mercy of the Lord. Then they left the lake. This is described in two and half verses. The kaustubha jewel which was on the Lord’s neck from birth was lost in the coils of Kaliya, in order to give spectacle to his human pastimes of fighting and struggling with Kaliya. When they offered jewels to Krsna they thought that the kaustubha was also one of their jewels and offered it back to him. This is described in gaura ganodesa dipika. "The kaustubha jewel which was in the lake came into the hands of Kaliya’s wives and was again offered to him." Having pleased Krsna whose carrier is Garuda (garuda dvaja), Krsna placed his hand on Kaliya’s head and removed all his pain. Kaliya said, "Rider of Garuda, now I am the servant of my older brother Garuda. If he happens to go far away, then just remember me as your carrier and I, the servant of your servant, will instantly appear from millions of yojanas away." This is the implication of use of the word Garuda dvaja. In some puranas it is mentioned that after getting off of Kaliya, Krsna received the order to go to Mathura from Kamsa. Krida manusa rupinah here means that he eternally possess a body of human form engaged in play. By the mercy of he who possesses an eternal human like body, the Yamuna became free of poison and filled with nectar.

The words divya, parārdhyaiḥ, mahatyā indicate that the items were superior to those of the material world. It should be understood that the items were untouched by poison. They were for the most part produced by their powers of will. Kāliya worshipped the Lord of the universe because by worshipping him all auspiciousness is obtained on its own in this life and the next, everywhere in the universe. Kāliya pleased the Lord with the flag of Garuḍa—the Lord who removed his fear of Garuḍa. He was then satisfied, or he satisfied the Lord. Though it was natural that his family members went when he went, it should be understood that they went in order to follow the order of the Lord as instructed in verse 60. The word ha indicates certainty. Though the Yamunā had poisons water injurious to all, it was in a specific lake in the Yamunā. By destroying the poison in that place, it is said the Yamunā became free of poison. Not only did that place become free of poison, the water became nectar with the sweetest taste or, by contact with the Lord’s feet, that water was able to give the highest bliss. Such ability is nothing for the Lord since he is Bhagavān. His goal is play. He has a form as a human engaged in play (krīḍā-manuṣa-rūpiṇaḥ). The Yamunā acted suitably for his human pastimes.

At that moment (tadā) Yamunā became devoid of poison. This actually means that one portion with the lake became devoid of poison, not the whole Yamunā. Not only did it lose the poison but became sweet (amṛta-jalā) or was able to free everyone from the suffering of saṁsāra. It manifested the nature of Bhagavān, who had a human form for playing or who had beauty of a human with pastimes. Yamunā would thus attain the good fortune of his various pastimes. It was suitable that Yamunā was endowed with similar qualities. Or he had a nature of giving happiness (rūpinaḥ) to the people of Vraja (krīḍa-mānuṣa). He understood that they were dedicated to him and thus gave them the happiness of pastimes. Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya." 10.17: The History of Kāliya verses: Summary, 1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13-14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Chapter Summary This chapter describes how Kāliya left the island of the snakes and how the sleeping residents of Vṛndāvana were saved from a forest fire. When King Parīkṣit inquired about Kāliya's leaving Ramaṇaka Island, the abode of the serpents, and about why Garuḍa acted inimically toward him, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied as follows: All the serpents on the island were afraid of being devoured by Garuḍa. To placate him, every month they would leave various offerings for him at the foot of a banyan tree. But Kāliya, puffed-up as he was with false pride, would eat these offerings himself. Hearing of this, Garuḍa became furious and went to kill Kāliya, whereupon the snake began biting the great bird. Garuḍa fiercely beat him with his wing, sending Kāliya fleeing for his life to a lake adjoining the Yamunā River. Prior to the above incident, Garuḍa had once come to the Yamunā and started eating some fish. Saubhari Ṛṣi had tried to stop him, but Garuḍa, agitated by hunger, had refused to heed the sage's prohibitions, and in response the sage had cursed Garuḍa that if he ever came there again he would immediately die. Kāliya had heard of this, and thus he lived there without fear. In the end, however, he was driven out by Śrī Kṛṣṇa. When Lord Balarāma and all the residents of Vṛndāvana saw Śrī Kṛṣṇa rise up out of the lake, beautifully decorated with many different gems and ornaments, they embraced Him in great pleasure. The spiritual masters, priests and learned brāhmaṇas then told Nanda Mahārāja, the king of the cowherds, that although his son had been caught in the grips of Kāliya, it was by the king's good fortune that He was now free again. Because the people of Vṛndāvana were quite worn out by hunger, thirst and fatigue, they spent that night on the banks of the Yamunā. In the middle of the night, a fire happened to blaze up within the forest, which had become dry during the hot season. As the fire surrounded the sleeping inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, they suddenly awoke and rushed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa for protection. Then the unlimitedly powerful Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, seeing His dear relatives and friends so distressed, immediately swallowed up the terrible forest fire.