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The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā
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ing with air. Merely killing a serpent is not sufficient; after it is killed, it must be cut to pieces and burned, and then the danger will be over. Pūtanā resembled a great serpent, and therefore the cowherd men took the same precautions by burning her body to ashes.
TEXT 34
दह्यमानस्य देहस्य धूमश्वागुरुसौरमः । उत्थितः कृष्णनिर्भुक्तसपद्याहतपाप्मनः ॥३४॥
dahyamānasya dehasya dhūmaś cāguru-saurabhaḥ utthitaḥ kṛṣṇa-nirbhukta- sapady āhata-pāpmanaḥ
dahyamānasya —while being burnt to ashes;  dehasya —of the body of Pūtanā;  dhūmaḥ —the smoke;  ca —and;  aguru-saurabhaḥ —turned into saintly scented smoke of the  aguru  herb;  utthitaḥ —emanating from her body;  kṛṣṇa-nirbhukta —because of Kṛṣṇa's having sucked her breast;  sapadi —immediately;  āhata-pāpmanaḥ —her material body became spiritualized or relieved of all material conditions.
TRANSLATION
Because of Kṛṣṇa's having sucked the breast of the Rākṣasī Pūtanā, when Kṛṣṇa killed her she was immediately freed of all material contamination. Her sinful reactions automatically vanished, and therefore when her gigantic body was being burnt, the smoke emanating from her body was fragrant like aguru incense.
PURPORT
Such are the effects of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one somehow or other becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious by applying his senses in the service of the Lord, one is immediately freed from material contamination.  Śrṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ  ( Bhāg.  1.2.17). Hearing about the activities of Kṛṣṇa is the beginning of purified life.  Puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ : simply by hearing and chanting, one becomes