Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.27

tān vīkshya krishnah sakalābhaya-prado

hy ananya-nāthān sva-karād avacyutān

dīnāmś ca mrityor jatharāgni-ghāsān

ghrinārdito dishta-kritena vismitah

SYNONYMS

tān — all those boys; vīkshya — seeing; krishnah — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna; sakala-abhaya-pradah — who is the source of fearlessness for everyone; hi — indeed; ananya-nāthān — especially for the cowherd boys, who did not know anyone except Krishna; sva-karāt — from the control of His hand; avacyutān — now gone out; dīnān ca — helpless; mrityoh jathara-agni-ghāsān — who had all entered like straws into the fire of the abdomen of Aghāsura, who was very bold and hungry, like death personified (because the asura had assumed a big body, he must have had a very strong appetite); ghrinā-arditah — therefore, being compassionate due to causeless mercy; dishta-kritena — by things arranged by His internal potency; vismitah — He also, for the time being, was astonished.

TRANSLATION

Krishna saw that all the cowherd boys, who did not know anyone but Him as their Lord, had now gone out of His hand and were helpless, having entered like straws into the fire of the abdomen of Aghāsura, who was death personified. It was intolerable for Krishna to be separated from His friends the cowherd boys. Therefore, as if seeing that this had been arranged by His internal potency, Krishna was momentarily struck with wonder and unsure of what to do.

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