16 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 6

appeared like deep blind wells, her fearful thighs resembled the
banks of a river, her arms, legs and feet seemed like big bridges,
and her abdomen appeared like a dried-up lake. The hearts, ears
and heads of the cowherd men and women were already shocked
by the Raksasi’s screaming, and when they saw the fierce wonder
of her body, they were even more frightened.

TEXT 18
Ts TTA Bea RieaAgMaay |
TM aI T]TATAATM: 2cll

balam ca tasyé urasi
kridantam akutobhayam

gopyas tirmam samabhyetya
Jagrhur jadta-sambhramah

balam ca—the child also; tasyah—of that (Raksasi Pitana); urasi—
on the upper portion of the breast; kridantam—engaged in playing;
akutobhayam—without fear; gopyah—all the cowherd women; tir-
nam—immediately; samabhyetya—coming near; jagrhuh—picked up;
Jata-sambhramah—with the same affection and respect they always
maintained.

TRANSLATION

Without fear, the child Krsna was playing on the upper portion
of Patana Raksasi’s breast, and when the gopis saw the child’s
wonderful activities, they immediately came forward with great
jubilation and picked Him up.

PURPORT

Here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead—Krsna. Although the
Raksasi Piitand could increase or decrease her bodily size by her mystic
abilities and thus gain proportionate power, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is equally powerful in any transcendental form. Krsna is the
real Personality of Godhead because whether as a child or as a grown-up
