The Killing of the Aghasura Demon 83

hot wind that is blowing like a hurricane is his breathing, and the fishy
bad smell coming out from his mouth is the smell of his intestines.”

Then they further consulted among themselves: “If we all at one time
entered into the mouth of this great serpent, how could it possibly swallow
all of us? And even if it were to swallow all of us at once, it could not
swallow Krsna. Krsna will immediately kill him, as He did Bakasura.”
Talking in this way, all the boys looked at the beautiful lotus-like face of
Krsna, and they began to clap and smile. And so they marched forward
and entered the mouth of the gigantic serpent.

Meanwhile, Krsna, who is the Supersoul within everyone’s heart, could
understand that the big statuesque figure was a demon. While He was
planning how to stop the destruction of His intimate friends, all the boys
along with their cows and calves entered the mouth of the serpent. But
Krsna did not enter. The demon was awaiting Krsna’s entrance, and he
was thinking, “Everyone has entered except Krsna, who has killed my
brothers and sisters.”

Krsna is the assurance of safety to everyone. But when He saw that His
friends were already out of His hands and were lying within the belly of a
great serpent. He became, momentarily, aggrieved. He was also struck with
wonder how the external energy works so wonderfully. He then began to
consider how the demon should be killed and how he could save the boys
and calves. Although there was no factual concern on Krsna’s part, He
was thinking like that. Finally, after some deliberation, He also entered
the mouth of the demon. When Krsna entered, all the demigods, who had
gathered to see the fun and who were hiding within the clouds, began to
express their feelings with the words, “Alas! alas!” At the same time, all
the friends of Aghasura, especially Karhsa, who were all accustomed to
eating flesh and blood, began to express their jubilation, understanding
that Krsna had also entered the mouth of the demon.

While the demon was trying to smash Krsna and His companions,
Krsna heard the demigods crying, “Alas, alas,” and He immediately began
to expand Himself within the throat of the demon. Although he had a
gigantic body, the demon choked by the expanding of Krsna. His big eyes
moved violently, and he quickly suffocated. His life-air could not come
out from any seurce, and ultimately it burst out of a hole in the upper
part of his skull. Thus his life-air passed off. After the demon dropped
dead, Krsna, with His transcendental glance alone, brought all the boys
and calves back to consciousness and came with them out of the mouth
of the demon. While Krsna was within the mouth of Aghasura, the demon’s
spirit soul came out like a dazzling light, illuminating all directions, and
