Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.26.8

vane sañcārayan vatsān

sa-rāmo bālakair vṛtaḥ

hantu-kāmaḿ bakaḿ dorbhyāḿ

mukhato 'rim apāṭayat

SYNONYMS

vanein the forest; sañcārayan — grazing; vatsān — the calves; sarāmaḥ — together with Lord Balarāma; bālakaiḥ — by the cowherd boys; vṛtaḥ — surrounded; hantu-kāmam — desiring to kill; bakam — the demon Baka; dorbhyām — with His arms; mukhataḥ — from the mouth; arim — the enemy; apāṭayattore apart.

TRANSLATION

Another time, when Kṛṣṇa was tending the calves in the forest together with Balarāma and the cowherd boys, the demon Bakāsura came with the intention of killing Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa seized this inimical demon by the mouth and tore him apart.

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