Text 13]
The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā
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PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura remarks that in this verse the word  rasā  refers to the planetary systems below the earth, such as Rasātala, Atala, Vitala, Sutala and Talātala.
TEXT 13
निशाचरीत्थं व्यथितस्तना व्यसु-
व्यादाय केशांश्चरणौ भुजावपि ।
प्रसार्य गोष्ठे निजरूपमास्थिता
वज्राहतो वृत्र इवापतन्नृप ॥१३॥
niśā-carīttham vyathita-stanā vyasur vyādāya keśāmś caraṇau bhujāv api prasārya goṣṭhe nija-rūpam āsthitā vajrāhato vṛtra ivāpatan nṛpa
niśā-carī —the Rākṣasī;  ittham —in this way;  vyathita-stanā —being severely aggrieved because of pressure on her breast;  vyasuḥ —lost her life;  vyādāya —opening her mouth wide;  keśān —bunch of hairs;  caraṇau —her two legs;  bhujau —her two hands;  api —also;  prasārya —expanding;  goṣṭhe —in the pasturing ground;  nija-rūpam āsthitā —remained in her original demoniac form;  vajra-āhataḥ —killed by the thunderbolt of Indra;  vṛtraḥ —Vṛtrāsura;  iva —as if;  apatat —fell down;  nṛpa —O King.
TRANSLATION
In this way the demon Pūtanā, very much aggrieved because her breast was being attacked by Kṛṣṇa, lost her life. O King Parikṣit, opening her mouth wide and spreading her arms, legs and hair, she fell down in the pasturing ground in her original form as a Rākṣasī, as Vṛtrāsura had fallen when killed by the thunderbolt of Indra.
PURPORT
Pūtanā was a great Rākṣasī who knew the art of covering her original form by mystic power, but when she was killed her mystic power could not hide her, and she appeared in her original form.