tac chrutvÄ bhagavÄn kṛṣṇas
tv avyayaḥ sÄrbha-vatsakam
cÅ«rṇī-cikÄ«rá¹£or ÄtmÄnaá¹
tarasÄ vavá¹›dhe gale
tat - that exclamation of hÄ-hÄ; Å›rutvÄ - hearing; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kṛṣṇaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; tu - indeed; avyayaḥ - never vanquishable; sa-arbha-vatsakam - along with the cowherd boys and the calves; cÅ«rṇī-cikÄ«rá¹£oḥ - of that demon, who desired to smash within the abdomen; ÄtmÄnam - personally, Himself; tarasÄ - very soon; vavá¹›dhe - enlarged; gale - within the throat.
When the invincible Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, heard the demigods crying “Alas! Alas!†from behind the clouds, He immediately enlarged Himself within the demon’s throat, just to save Himself and the cowherd boys, His own associates, from the demon who wished to smash them.
Such are the acts of Kṛṣṇa. ParitrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm (Bg. 4.8). By enlarging Himself within the throat of the demon, Kṛṣṇa suffocated and killed him and at the same time saved Himself and His associates from imminent death and also saved the demigods from lamentation.
