asmÄn kim atra grasitÄ niviá¹£á¹Än
ayaá¹ tathÄ ced bakavad vinaá¹…ká¹£yati
ká¹£aṇÄd aneneti bakÄry-uÅ›an-mukhaá¹
vÄ«ká¹£yoddhasantaḥ kara-tÄá¸anair yayuḥ
asmÄn - all of us; kim - whether; atra - here; grasitÄ - will swallow; niviá¹£á¹Än - who have attempted to enter; ayam - this animal; tathÄ - so; cet - if; baka-vat - like BakÄsura; vinaá¹…ká¹£yati - he will be vanquished; ká¹£aṇÄt - immediately; anena - by this Kṛṣṇa; iti - in this way; baka-ari-uÅ›at-mukham - the beautiful face of Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of BakÄsura; vÄ«ká¹£ya - observing, looking at; uddhasantaḥ - loudly laughing; kara-tÄá¸anaiḥ - with clapping of hands; yayuḥ - entered the mouth.
Then the boys said, “Has this living creature come to swallow us? If he does so, he will immediately be killed like BakÄsura, without delay.†Thus they looked at the beautiful face of Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of BakÄsura, and, laughing loudly and clapping their hands, they entered the mouth of the python.
After talking about the terrible animal this way and that way, they decided to enter the demon’s mouth. They had full faith in Kṛṣṇa because they had experienced how Kṛṣṇa had saved them from the mouth of BakÄsura. Now, here was another asura, AghÄsura. Therefore, they wanted to enjoy the sport of entering the demon’s mouth and being saved by Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of BakÄsura.
