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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 12]
PURPORT
Such are the acts of Kṛṣṇa.  Paritrāṇāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām  (Bg. 4.8). By enlarging Himself within the throat of the demon, Kṛṣṇa suffocated and killed him and at the same time saved Himself and His associates from imminent death and also saved the demigods from lamentation.
TEXT 31
ततोऽतिकायस्य निरुद्धमार्गिणो 
    ह्युद्गीर्णदृष्टेभ्रमतस्तिवतस्ततः । 
    पूर्णोऽन्तरङ्गे पवनो निरुद्धो 
    मूर्धन् विनिर्भिद्यः विनिर्गतो बहिः ॥३१॥
tato 'tikāyasya niruddha-mārgiṇo 
    hy udgīrṇa-drṣṭer bhramatas tv itas tataḥ 
    pūrṇo 'ntar-aṅge pavano niruddho 
    mūrdhan vinirbhidya vinirgato bahiḥ
tataḥ —after Kṛṣṇa took action to kill the demon's body from within the mouth;  ati-kāyasya —of that great demon, who had expanded his body to a very large size;  niruddha-mārgiṇaḥ —because of suffocating, all outlets being stopped up;  hi udgīrṇa-drṣṭeḥ —whose eyes had popped out;  bhramataḥ tu itaḥ tataḥ —the eyeballs, or the life air, moving here and there;  pūrṇaḥ —completely filled;  antaḥ-aṅge —within the body;  pavanaḥ —the life air;  niruddhaḥ —being stopped;  mūrdhan —the hole in the top of the head;  vinirbhidya —breaking;  vinirgataḥ —went out;  bahiḥ —externally.
TRANSLATION
Then, because Kṛṣṇa had increased the size of His body, the demon extended his own body to a very large size. Nonetheless, his breathing stopped, he suffocated, and his eyes rolled here and there and popped out. The demon's life air, however, could not pass through any outlet, and therefore it finally burst out through a hole in the top of the demon's head.