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The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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muktaḥ kathañcid rākṣasyā bāla-ghnyā bālako hy asau harer anugrahān nūnam anaś copari nāpatat
muktaḥ —was delivered;  kathañcit —somehow or other;  rākṣasyāḥ —from the hands of the Rākṣasī Pūtanā;  bāla-ghnyāḥ —who was determined to kill small children;  bālakaḥ —especially the child Kṛṣṇa;  hi —because;  asau —He;  hareḥ anugrahāt —by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  nūnam —indeed;  anaḥ ca —and the handcart;  upari —on top of the child;  na —not;  apatat —did fall down.
TRANSLATION
The child Kṛṣṇa, simply by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was somehow or other rescued from the hands of the Rākṣasī Pūtanā, who was determined to kill Him. Then, again by the mercy of the Supreme Godhead, the handcart missed falling upon the child.
TEXT 25
चक्रवातेन नीतोऽयं दैत्येन विपदं वियत् । शिलायां पतितस्तत्र परित्रातः सुरेश्वरैः ॥२५॥
cakra-vātena nīto 'yam daityena vipadam viyat śilāyām patitas tatra paritrātaḥ sureśvaraiḥ
cakra-vātena —by the demon in the shape of a whirlwind (Tṛṇāvarta);  nītaḥ ayam —Kṛṣṇa was taken away;  daityena —by the demon;  vipadam —dangerous;  viyat —to the sky;  śilāyām —on a slab of stone;  patitaḥ —fallen;  tatra —there;  paritrātaḥ —was saved;  sura-iśvaraiḥ —by the mercy of Lord Viṣṇu or His associates.
TRANSLATION
Then again, the demon Tṛṇāvarta, in the form of a whirlwind, took the child away into the dangerous sky to kill Him, but the