aho batÄsya bÄlasya
bahavo má¹›tyavo 'bhavan
apy ÄsÄ«d vipriyaá¹ teá¹£Äá¹
kṛtaṠpūrvaṠyato bhayam
aho bata - it is very astonishing; asya - of this; bÄlasya - Kṛṣṇa; bahavaḥ - many, many; má¹›tyavaḥ - causes of death; abhavan - appeared; api - still; ÄsÄ«t - there was; vipriyam - the cause of death; teá¹£Äm - of them; ká¹›tam - done; pÅ«rvam - formerly; yataḥ - from which; bhayam - there was fear of death.
The cowherd men, headed by Nanda MahÄrÄja, began to contemplate: It is very astonishing that although this boy Kṛṣṇa has many times faced many varied causes of death, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead it was these causes of fear that were killed, instead of Him.
The cowherd men innocently thought, “Because our Kṛṣṇa is innocent, the causes of death that appeared before Him were themselves killed instead of Kṛṣṇa. This is the greatest grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.â€
