अहो बतास्य बालस्य बहवो मृत्यवो ऽभवन् ।
अप्यासीद्विप्रियं तेषां कृतं पूर्वं यतो भयम् ॥ ५५ ॥
aho bata-it is very astonishing; asya-of this; balasya-Krsna; bahavah-many, many; mrtyavah-causes of death; abhavan-appeared; api-still; asit-there was; vipriyam-the cause of death; tesam-of them; krtam-done; purvam-formerly; yatah-from which; bhayam-there was fear of death.
The cowherd men innocently thought, "Because our Krsna is innocent, the causes of death that appeared before Him were themselves killed instead of Krsna. This is the greatest grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."