Text 49]
The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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te —they;  tatra —there;  dadṛśuḥ —observed;  bālāḥ —all the boys;  mahā-sattvam —a gigantic body;  avasthitam —situated;  tatrasuḥ —became afraid;  vajra-nirbhinnam —broken by a thunderbolt;  gireḥ śṛṇgam —the peak of a mountain;  iva —like;  cyutam —fallen there.
TRANSLATION
Right by the reservoir, the boys saw a gigantic body resembling a mountain peak broken and struck down by a thunderbolt. They were afraid even to see such a huge living being.
TEXT 48
स वै बको नाम महानसुरो बकरूपधृक् । आगत्य सहसा कृष्णं तीक्ष्णतुण्डोऽग्रसद् बली ॥४८॥
sa vai bako nāma mahān asuro baka-rūpa-dhṛk āgatya sahasā kṛṣṇam tikṣṇa-tuṇḍo 'grasad balī
saḥ —that creature;  vai —indeed;  bakaḥ nāma —by the name Bakāsura;  mahān asuraḥ —a great, gigantic demon;  baka-rūpa-dhṛk —assumed the bodily shape of a big duck;  āgatya —coming there;  sahasā —all of a sudden;  kṛṣṇam —Kṛṣṇa;  tikṣṇa-tuṇḍaḥ —sharp beak;  agrasat —swallowed;  balī —very powerful.
TRANSLATION
That great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura. He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 49
कृष्णं महाबक्रग्रस्तं दृष्ट्वा रामादयोऽर्भकाः । बभूवुरिन्द्रियाणीव विना प्राणं विचेतसः ॥४९॥
kṛṣṇam mahā-baka-grastam dṛṣṭvā rāmādayo 'rbhakāḥ