292 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12
PURPORT
Such are the acts of Krsna. Paritrandya sddhinadm vindsdya ca
duskrtam (Bg. 4.8). By enlarging Himself within the throat of the
demon, Krsna suffocated and killed him and at the same time saved Him-
self and His associates from imminent death and also saved the demigods
from lamentation.
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tato ’tikdyasya niruddha-margino
hy udgirna-drster bhramatas tv itas tatah
pirno ntar-ange pavano niruddho
mirdhan vinirbhidya vinirgato bahih
tatah—after Krsna took action to kill the demon’s body from within
the mouth; ati-kdyasya—of that great demon, who had expanded his
body to a very large size; niruddha-marginah—because of suffocating,
all outlets being stopped up; hi udgirna-drsteh—whose eyes had popped
out; bhramatah tu itah tatah—the eyeballs, or the life air, moving here
and there; puirnah—completely filled; antah-ange—within the body;
pavanah—the life air; niruddhah—being stopped; miurdhan—the hole
in the top of the head; vinirbhidya—breaking; vinirgatah—went out;
bahih—externally.
TRANSLATION
Then, because Krsna had increased the size of His body, the
demon extended his own body to a very large size. Nonetheless, his
breathing stopped, he suffocated, and his eyes rolled here and
there and popped out. The demon’s life air, however, could not
pass through any outlet, and therefore it finally burst out through
a hole in the top of the demon’s head.
