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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
appeared on the scene suddenly and immediately attacked Krṣṇa with his pointed, sharp beaks and quickly swallowed Him up. When Krṣṇa was thus swallowed, all the boys, headed by Balarāma, became almost breathless, as if they had died. But when the Bakāsura demon was swallowing up Krṣṇa, he felt a burning fiery sensation in his throat. This was due to the glowing effulgence of Krṣṇa. The demon quickly threw Krṣṇa up and tried to kill Him by pinching Him in his beaks. Bakāsura did not know that although Krṣṇa was playing the part of a child of Nanda Mahārāja, He was still the original father of Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe. The child of mother Yaśodā, who is the reservoir of pleasure for the demigods and who is the maintainer of saintly persons, caught hold of the beaks of the great gigantic duck and, before His cowherd boy friends, bifurcated his mouth, just as a child very easily splits a blade of grass. From the sky, the denizens of the heavenly planets showered flowers like the  cāmeli , the most fragrant of all flowers, as a token of their congratulations. Accompanying the showers of flowers was a vibration of bugles, drums and conchshells.
When the boys saw the showering of flowers and heard the celestial sounds, they became struck with wonder. When they saw Krṣṇa, they all, including Balarāma, were so pleased that it seemed as if they had regained their very source of life. As soon as they saw Krṣṇa coming towards them, they one after another embraced the son of Nanda and held Him to their chests. After this, they assembled all the calves under their charge and began to return home.
When they arrived home, they began to speak of the wonderful activities of the son of Nanda. When the  gopīs  and cowherd men all heard the story from the boys, they felt great happiness because naturally they loved Krṣṇa, and hearing about His glories and victorious activities, they became still more affectionate toward Him. Thinking that the child Krṣṇa was saved from the mouth of death, they began to see His face with great love and affection. They were full of anxieties, but they could not turn their faces from the vision of Krṣṇa. The  gopīs  and the men began to converse amongst themselves about how the child Krṣṇa was attacked in so many ways and so many times by so many demons, and yet the demons were killed and Krṣṇa was uninjured. They continued to converse amongst themselves about how so many great demons in such fierce bodies attacked Krṣṇa to kill Him, but by the grace of Hari, they could not cause even a slight injury. Rather, they died like small flies in a fire. Thus they remembered the words of Gargamuni who foretold, by dint of his vast knowledge of the  Vedas  and astrology, that this boy would be attacked by many