SB 1.18.35

कृष्णे गते भगवति शास्तर्युत्पथगामिनाम् ।
तद्भिन्नसेतूनद्याहं शास्मि पश्यत मे बलम् ॥ ३५ ॥
kṛṣṇe gate bhagavati śāstary utpatha-gāminām
tad bhinna-setūn adyāhaṁ śāsmi paśyata me balam

Synonyms

bhagavati — since Bhagavān; kṛṣṇe — Śrī Kṛṣṇa; śāstari — the chastiser [daṇḍa-yitari293]; utpatha-gāminām — of the unrighteous [those who go astray, abandoning the prescribed path of virtue (vihita-mārgaṁ parityajya gacchatām);294 or the perpetrators of a wayward or immoral path (utpatha-pratipannānām)]; gate — has departed [for His own abode (sva-lokaṁ prati gate sati)]; aham — I myself; adya — from today [adyaiva jātam295]; śāsmi — will punish [daṇḍayāmi296]; tat — these [tān]; bhinna-setūn — transgressors of the moral code [laṅghita-maryādān297]; paśyata — just witness; me — my; balam — power.

Translation

Since Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the chastiser of the unrighteous, has departed for His own abode, I myself from today will punish these transgressors of the moral code. Just witness my power!

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