Having seen the disappearance of the Yadu dynasty and the departure of Lord Balarāma for the H spiritual abode, Lord Kṛṣṇa sat down silently on the ground under a pippala tree. The Lord
was exhibiting His brilliantly effulgent four-armed form, the radiance of which, just like a smokeless fire, dissipated the darkness in all directions. His complexion was the color of a dark blue cloud and His effulgence the color of molten gold, and His all-auspicious form bore the mark of Srivatsa. A beautiful smile graced His lotus face, locks of dark blue hair adorned His head, His lotus eyes were very attractive, and His shark-shaped earrings glittered. He wore a pair of silken garments, an ornamental belt, the sacred thread, bracelets, and arm ornaments, along with a helmet, the Kaustubha jewel, necklaces, anklets, and other royal emblems. Encircling His body were flower garlands and His personal weapons in their embodied forms. As He sat He held His left foot, with its lotus-red sole, upon His right thigh.
Just then a hunter named Jarā approached and mistook the Lord's foot for a deer's face. Thinking he had found his prey, Jarā pierced the foot with his arrow, the point of which he had fashioned from the remaining iron fragment of Sāmba's club.
Then, seeing that four-armed personality, the hunter became terrified of the offense he had committed, and he fell down, placing his head upon the Lord's feet. Jarā said, "O Lord Madhusudana, I am a most sinful person. I have committed this act out of ignorance. O purest Lord, O Uttamasloka, please forgive this sinner. O Lord Viṣṇu, O master, I have wronged You!"
The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied, "My dear Jarā, do not fear. Please get up. What has been done is actually My own desire. With My permission, go now to the abode of the pious, the spiritual world."
So instructed by Lord Kṛṣṇa, who assumes His transcendental body by His own will, the hunter circumambulated the Lord three times and bowed down to Him. Then the hunter departed in an airplane that had appeared just to carry him to the spiritual sky.