Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.24

asmān kim atra grasitā nivishtān

ayam tathā ced bakavad vinańkshyati

kshanād aneneti bakāry-uśan-mukham

vīkshyoddhasantah kara-tādanair yayuh

SYNONYMS

asmān — all of us; kim — whether; atra — here; grasitā — will swallow; nivishtān — who have attempted to enter; ayam — this animal; tathā — so; cet — if; baka-vat — like Bakāsura; vinańkshyati — he will be vanquished; kshanāt — immediately; anena — by this Krishna; iti — in this way; baka-ari-uśat-mukham — the beautiful face of Krishna, the enemy of Bakāsura; vīkshya — observing, looking at; uddhasantah — loudly laughing; kara-tādanaih — with clapping of hands; yayuh — entered the mouth.

TRANSLATION

Then the boys said, "Has this living creature come to swallow us? If he does so, he will immediately be killed like Bakāsura, without delay." Thus they looked at the beautiful face of Krishna, the enemy of Bakāsura, and, laughing loudly and clapping their hands, they entered the mouth of the python.

PURPORT

After talking about the terrible animal this way and that way, they decided to enter the demon's mouth. They had full faith in Krishna because they had experienced how Krishna had saved them from the mouth of Bakāsura. Now, here was another asura, Aghāsura. Therefore, they wanted to enjoy the sport of entering the demon's mouth and being saved by Krishna, the enemy of Bakāsura.

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