Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 12: The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.28-29

tasya karmāṇy apārāṇi

kīrtitāny asura-dviṣaḥ

pūtanāsu-payaḥ-pānaḿ

śakaṭoccāṭanaḿ śiśoḥ

tṛṇāvartasya niṣpeṣas

tathaiva baka-vatsayoḥ

aghāsura-vadho dhātrā

vatsa-pālāvagūhanam

SYNONYMS

tasya — His; karmāṇī — activities; apārāṇi — innumerable; kīrtitāniare glorified; asura-dviṣaḥ — of the enemy of the demons; pūtanā — of the witch Pūtanā; asu — along with her life air; payaḥ — of the milk; pānam — the drinking; śakata — of the cart; uccāṭanam — the breaking; śiśoḥ — by the child; tṛṇāvartasya — of Tṛṇāvarta; niṣpeṣaḥ — the trampling; tathā — and; eva — indeed; baka-vatsayoḥ — of the demons named Baka and Vatsa; agha-asura — of the demon Agha; vadhaḥ — the killing; dhātrā — by Lord Brahmā; vatsa-pāla — of the calves and cowherd boys; avagūhanam — the hiding away.

TRANSLATION

Also glorified are the innumerable pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the demons, including His childhood pastimes of sucking out Pūtanā's life air along with her breast-milk, breaking the cart, trampling down Tṛṇāvarta, killing Bakāsura, Vatsāsura and Aghāsura, and the pastimes He enacted when Lord Brahmā hid His calves and cowherd boyfriends in a cave.

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