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The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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caccharda —got out of his mouth;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  ati-ruṣā —with great anger;  akṣatam —without being hurt;  bakaḥ —Bakāsura;  tuṇḍena —with his sharp beak;  hantum —to kill;  punaḥ —again;  abhyapadyata —endeavored.
TRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa, who was the father of Lord Brahmā but who was acting as the son of a cowherd man, became like fire, burning the root of the demon's throat, and the demon Bakāsura immediately disgorged Him. When the demon saw that Kṛṣṇa, although having been swallowed, was unharmed, he immediately attacked Kṛṣṇa again with his sharp beak.
PURPORT
Although Kṛṣṇa is always as soft as a lotus, within the throat of Bakāsura He created a burning sensation of being hotter than fire. Although Kṛṣṇa's whole body is sweeter than sugar candy, Bakāsura tasted bitterness and therefore immediately vomited Kṛṣṇa up. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.11),  ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham . When Kṛṣṇa is accepted as an enemy, He becomes the most intolerable object for the nondevotee, who cannot tolerate Kṛṣṇa within or without. Here this is shown by the example of Bakāsura.
TEXT 51
तमापतन्तं स निगृह्य तुण्डयो-
दोभ्यां बकं कंससवं सतां पतिः ।
पश्यत्सु बालेषु ददार लीलया
मुदावहो वीरणवद् दिवौकसाम् ॥५१॥
tam āpatantam sa nigṛhya tuṇḍayor
dorbhyāṁ bakaṁ kaṁsa-sakhaṁ satāṁ patiḥ
paśyatsu bāleṣu dadāra līlayā
mudāvaho vīraṇavad divaukasām
tam —unto Bakāsura;  āpatantam —again endeavoring to attack Him;  saḥ —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  nigṛhya —capturing;  tuṇḍayoḥ —by the beak;