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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.36.9

सोऽप्येवं कोपितोऽरिष्ट: खुरेणावनिमुल्लिखन् । उद्यत्पुच्छभ्रमन्मेघ: क्रुद्ध: कृष्णमुपाद्रवत् ॥ ९ ॥
so ’py evaṁ kopito ’riṣṭaḥ
[so ’py evam kopito ’rishtah]
khureṇāvanim ullikhan
[khurenaavanim ullikhan]
udyat-puccha-bhraman-meghaḥ
[udyat-puchcha-bhraman-meghah]
kruddhaḥ kṛṣṇam upādravat
[kruddhah krishnam upaadravat]
Word-for-word
saḥ — he api — indeed evam — in this way kopitaḥ — angered ariṣṭaḥ — Ariṣṭa khureṇa — with his hoof avanim — the earth ullikhan — scratching udyat — raised puccha — within his tail bhraman — wandering meghaḥ — clouds kruddhaḥ — furious kṛṣṇam — toward Lord Kṛṣṇa upādravat — he charged .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
so ’py evaṁ kopito ’riṣṭaḥ
saḥ
he
api
indeed
evam
in this way
kopitaḥ
angered
ariṣṭaḥ
Ariṣṭa
khureṇāvanim ullikhan
khureṇa
with his hoof
avanim
the earth
ullikhan
scratching
udyat-puccha-bhraman-meghaḥ
udyat
raised
puccha
within his tail
bhraman
wandering
meghaḥ
clouds
kruddhaḥ kṛṣṇam upādravat
kruddhaḥ
furious
kṛṣṇam
toward Lord Kṛṣṇa
upādravat
he charged .
Important Words
  • kopitaḥ — made angry
    Causative past participle of √kup — to be angry. Note the form: the demon is made angry, by Kṛṣṇa's calm provocation. Even the anger is administered.
  • khureṇa — with his hoof
    Instrumental case of khura. The hoof that should walk gently on Vraja's soil is named again as a weapon — the demonic inversion of the cow-foot.
  • kruddhaḥ — enraged
    From √krudh. The Bhāgavatam carefully distinguishes the demon's krodha (blind rage, tamasic) from the Lord's occasional krodha (corrective, purifying).
  • upādravat — he ran toward (Him)
    Upa (toward) + √dru (to run). The demon closes the distance himself. In Vraja-līlā the Lord almost never needs to chase; opposition obligingly delivers itself to His hand.
Thus provoked, Ariṣṭa pawed the ground with one of his hooves and then, with the clouds hovering around his upraised tail, furiously charged Kṛṣṇa.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thus provoked, Ariṣṭa pawed the ground with one of his hooves and then, with the clouds hovering around his upraised tail, furiously charged Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary

Arista showed his power by raising and twitching his tail, so that it disturbed the clouds in the sky.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

His upraised tail made the clouds disperse by its touch or by its wind. The demon quickly rushed towards Kṛṣṇa (upādravat).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Ariṣṭa was the very form of inauspiciousness (arisṭaḥ), whom no one could oppose. With his upraised tail he made the clouds move here and there by touching them or by the tail’s wind. The tail was hard, long and strong. He ran at Kṛṣṇa, who attracted him by inciting his anger. Or Kṛṣṇa attracted him by striking his heel on the ground, to show his great courage and pride. This produced Ariṣṭa-kuṇḍa. It is said: Ghātavyitvā tatas tasmin ariṣṭaṁ vṛṣa-rūpiṇam kopena pāṛṣni-ghātena mahyās tīrthaṁ pravrtitam He struck Ariṣṭa in the form of a bull. Then in anger he struck the earth with his heel. This produced the tīrtha. Āri-varāha Purāṇa The demon approached Kṛṣṇa with great speed.

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BG 2.14 BG 2.15 BG 2.21 BG 2.3 BG 16.1 BG 2.66 BG 13.8 BG 4.10 BG 1.1
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Personal Guidance
Provoked, Ariṣṭa paws the ground and, with clouds around his raised tail, charges Kṛṣṇa furiously. Demons attack hardest when challenged; the threat's escalation is not a sign of failure but of contact with the truth.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does the inner demon get louder precisely when you start fighting it seriously?
  • Could you interpret intensified attack as evidence you're finally on the right path?
Analogy

Goaded into the charge he was going to make anyway, the demon performs his nature exactly. Kṛṣṇa does not have to plan the encounter; demons in Vraja walk straight into the geometry of their own end.

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