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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.30
tac chrutvā bhagavān krishnas
SYNONYMS
tat — that exclamation of hā-hā; śrutvā — hearing; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krishnah — Lord Krishna; tu — indeed; avyayah — never vanquishable; sa-arbha-vatsakam — along with the cowherd boys and the calves; cūrnī-cikīrshoh — of that demon, who desired to smash within the abdomen; ātmānam — personally, Himself; tarasā — very soon; vavridhe — enlarged; gale — within the throat.
TRANSLATION
When the invincible Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, 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 Krishna. paritrānāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca dushkritām (Bg. 4.8). By enlarging Himself within the throat of the demon, Krishna 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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