Text 30] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 71

praddya matre pratihrtya vismitah
krsnam ca tasyorasi lambaménam

tam svastimantam purusdda-nitam
vihdyasé mrtyu-mukhat pramuktam

gopyas ca gopah kila nanda-mukhya
labdhva punah prapur ativa modam

pradaya—after picking up; mdtre—unto His mother (Yaéoda);
pratihrtya—delivered; vismitah—all surprised; krsnam ca—and Krsna;
tasya—of the demon; urasi—on the chest; lambamaénam—situated;
tam—Krsna; svastimantam—endowed with all auspiciousness; purusa-
ada-nitam—who was taken by the man-eating demon; vihdyasd—into
the sky; mrtyu-mukhét—from the mouth of death; pramuktam—
now liberated; gopyah—the gopis; ca—and; gopah—the cowherd
men; kila—indeed; nanda-mukhyaéh—headed by Nanda Maharaja;
labdhva—after getting; punah—again (their son); prapuh—enjoyed;
ativa—very much; modam—bliss.

TRANSLATION

The gopis immediately picked Krsna up from the chest of the
demon and delivered Him, free from all inauspiciousness, to
mother YasodA. Because the child, although taken into the sky by
the demon, was unhurt and now free from all danger and misfor-
tune, the gopis and cowherd men, headed by Nanda Maharaja,
were extremely happy.

PURPORT

The demon fell flat from the sky, and Krsna was playing on his chest
very happily, uninjured and free from misfortune. Not at all disturbed
because of being taken high in the sky by the demon, Krsna was playing
and enjoying. This is Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa-vigraha. In any condition,
Krsna is sac-cid-dnanda-vigraha. He has no unhappiness. Others might
have thought that He was in difficulty, but because the demon’s chest
was sufficiently broad to play on, the baby was happy in all respects. It
was most astonishing that although the demon went so high in the sky,
the child did not fall down. Therefore, the child had been saved virtually
