• kṣiptaḥ — insulted
  Past participle of √kṣip — picking up the previous verse's kṣipan. Bhagavān absorbs verbal abuse silently and uses it as direction-finding for the asura's destruction. Tolerance of aparādha is not passivity; it is the patience of fire waiting for fuel.
• bhagavān — the Supreme Lord
  The six opulences in fullness: aiśvarya, vīrya, yaśas, śrī, jñāna, vairāgya. The verse insists on 'bhagavān' precisely when He is being chased like a coward — the irony marks His sva-tantra-tā: He is bhagavān whether or not the asura perceives it.
• giri-kandaram — the mountain cave
  Compound: giri (mountain) + kandaram (cave). The same word-field as verse 7; the geography is now closing on the asura. Mountains and caves in Bhāgavatam often house sleeping devotees and waiting agents of Bhagavān (cf. Jaḍa Bharata, Mārkaṇḍeya).
• anyam — another
  The 'other person' is the entire pivot of the līlā. The asura sees what he thinks is another sleeping victim; he sees, in fact, his own end. Gauḍīyas note that Kṛṣṇa never strikes Kālayavana Himself — the burning is sourced in a devotee. The Lord protects His name even from the appearance of violence.
• śayānam — lying down, sleeping
  Present participle of √śī. Mucukunda's sleep is itself a boon-form (verse 21 below) — the demigods gave it, and Kṛṣṇa is now ending it. Sleep in śāstra often masks tapas; Mārkaṇḍeya, Nara-Nārāyaṇa and Mucukunda all reveal great power on waking.

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  Her Grace Urmila Mataji· 2024-04-01· English

A lamp walking into a powder magazine — the spark is inside, only the door has to open. Kṛṣṇa, the supreme arranger, simply enters the cave and the asura follows; the explosion is pre-installed in Mucukunda's accumulated tapas, awaiting only the moment of contact.