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TEXT 30
tac chrutva bhagavan krsnas
tv avyayah sarbha-vatsakam
curni-cikirsor atmanam
tarasa vavrdhe gale
SYNONYMS
tat—that exclamation of ha-ha; srutva—hearing; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsnah—Lord Krsna; tu—indeed; avyayah—never vanquishable; sa-arbha-vatsakam—along with the cowherd boys and the calves; curni-cikirsoh—of that demon, who desired to smash within the abdomen; atmanam—personally, Himself; tarasa—very soon; vavrdhe—enlarged; gale—within the throat.
TRANSLATION
When the invincible Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, heard the demigods crying “Alas! Alas!” from behind the clouds, He immediately enlarged Himself within the demon’s throat, just to save Himself and the cowherd boys, His own associates, from the demon who wished to smash them.
PURPORT
Such are the acts of Krsna. paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam (Bg. 4.8). By enlarging Himself within the throat of the demon, Krsna suffocated and killed him and at the same time saved Himself and His associates from imminent death and also saved the demigods from lamentation.
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