Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /305

OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
Jhen rushed up a great demon, AYA
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
SL
 
Then rushed up a great demon, Agha
gha
by name. Seeing the boys, the wicked

demon took the huge and wonderful form

of a python and laid himself on the way,

with his cave-like mouth agape, desiring

to devour (the boys and Krishna).
 

 
अस्मान् किमत्र प्ग्रसिता निविष्टा-

नयेयं तथा चेद्वबकवद् विनङ्क्ष्यति ।

क्षणादनेनेति बकार्युशन्मुखं

वीक्ष्योद्धसन्तः कारताडनैर्ययुः ॥
 

"Will it swallow us if we enter its

mouth? If it does so, this will also perish

soon at His hand, like Baka." With these

words, the boys looked at the captivating

face of the enemy of Baka (Krishna), and

went into (its mouth), laughing aloud and

clapping their hands.
 

 
परं न गीर्णाः शिशवरसवत्साः

प्रतीक्षमाणेन बकारिवेशनम्
 

(But) the demon, who was waiting for

the enemy of Baka (Krishna) to enter his

mouth, did not swallow the boys with

their calves.