8 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 6

PURPORT

Demons are always busy creating disturbances and killing. But the
child lying on the bed in the house of Nanda Maharaja was meant to kill
many demons.

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vibudhya tar balaka-marika-graham
cardcaratmé sa nimiliteksanah

anantam Gropayad ankam antakam
yathoragam suptam abuddhi-rajju-dhih

vibudhya—understanding; taém—her (Pitana); bdalaka-marika-
graham—a witch very expert in killing small babies; cara-acara-
atmé—Krsna, the all-pervading Supersoul; sah—He; nimilita-iksa-
nah—closed His eyes; anantam—the Unlimited; aropayat—she placed;
arikam—on her lap; antakam—for her own annihilation; yatha—as;
uragam—a snake; suptam—while sleeping; abuddhi—a person who has
no intelligence; rajju-dhih—one who thinks a snake to be a rope.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna, the all-pervading Supersoul, lying on the bed,
understood that Pitana, a witch who was expert in killing small
children, had come to kill Him. Therefore, as if afraid of her,
Krsna closed His eyes. Thus Patana took upon her lap Him who
was to be her own annihilation, just as an unintelligent person
places a sleeping snake on his lap, thinking the snake to be a rope.

PURPORT

In this verse there are two perplexities. When Krsna saw that Pitand
had come to kill Him, He thought that since this woman was present with
