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Chapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Verse 24 of 40
SB 10.12.24

अस्मान्किमत्र ग्रसिता निविष्टानयं तथा चेद्बकवद्विनंक्ष्यति क्षणादनेनेति बकार्युशन्मुखं वीक्ष्योद्धसन्तः करताडनैर्ययुः

asmān kim atra grasitā niviṣṭān ayaṁ tathā ced bakavad vinaṅkṣyati kṣaṇād aneneti bakāry-uśan-mukhaṁ vīkṣyoddhasantaḥ kara-tāḍanair yayuḥ

Synonyms

asmān—all of us; kim—whether; atra—here; grasitā—will swallow; niviṣṭān—who have attempted to enter; ayam—this animal; tathā—so; cet—if; baka-vat—like Bakāsura; vinaṅkṣyati—he will be vanquished; kṣaṇāt—immediately; anena—by this Kṛṣṇa; iti—in this way; baka-ari-uśat-mukham—the beautiful face of Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Bakāsura; vīkṣya—observing, looking at; uddhasantaḥ—loudly laughing; kara-tāḍanaiḥ—with clapping of hands; yayuḥ—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 Kṛṣṇa, 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 Kṛṣṇa because they had experienced how Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Bakāsura.

Verse 24 of 40