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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.48
adyānena mahā-vyālo
SYNONYMS
adya — today; anena — by Him; mahā-vyālah — a great serpent; yaśodā — of Yaśodā; nanda — and Mahārāja Nanda; sūnunā — by the son; hatah — has been killed; avitāh — have been saved; vayam — we; ca — and; asmāt — from that demon; iti — thus; bālāh — the boys; vraje — in Vrindāvana; jaguh — sang.
TRANSLATION
As the cowherd boys reached the village of Vraja, they sang, "Today Krishna saved us by killing a great serpent!" Some of the boys described Krishna as the son of Yaśodā, and others as the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
PURPORT
Actually, Lord Krishna had killed the demon Aghāsura one-year earlier, but the boys, bewildered by the mystic potency of Brahmā for one year, did not notice the time passing and thus thought that on that very day Lord Krishna had killed the demon Aghāsura and was now returning home with them.
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