Text 25] The Childhood Pastimes of Krsna 239
muktah kathancid raksasya
bala-ghnya balako hy asau
harer anugrahan niinam
anas copari ndpatat
muktah—was delivered; kathaficit—somehow or other; raksasyah—
from the hands of the Raksasi Pitand; bala-ghnyah—who was deter-
mined to kill small children; balakah—especially the child Krsna; hi—
because; asau—He; hareh anugrahat—by the mercy of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; niinam—indeed; anah ca—and the handcart;
upari—on top of the child; na—not; apatat—did fall down.
TRANSLATION
The child Krsna, simply by the mercy of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, was somehow or other rescued from the
hands of the Raksasi Pitané, who was determined to kill Him.
Then, again by the mercy of the Supreme Godhead, the handcart
missed falling upon the child.
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cakra-vatena nito ’yam
daityena vipadam viyat
silayam patitas tatra
paritratah suresvaraih
cakra-vatena—by the demon in the shape of a _ whirlwind
(Trnavarta); nitah ayam—Krsna was taken away; daityena—by the
demon; vipadam—dangerous; viyat—to the sky; silayam—on a slab of
stone; patitah—fallen; tatra—there; paritrétah—was saved; sura-
isvaraih—by the mercy of Lord Visnu or His associates.
TRANSLATION
Then again, the demon Trnavarta, in the form of a whirlwind,
took the child away into the dangerous sky to kill Him, but the
