vane sañcÄrayan vatsÄn
sa-rÄmo bÄlakair vá¹›taḥ
hantu-kÄmaá¹ bakaá¹ dorbhyÄá¹
mukhato 'rim apÄá¹­ayat

 vane - in the forest; sañcÄrayan - grazing; vatsÄn - the calves; sarÄmaḥ - together with Lord BalarÄma; bÄlakaiḥ - by the cowherd boys; vá¹›taḥ - surrounded; hantu-kÄmam - desiring to kill; bakam - the demon Baka; dorbhyÄm - with His arms; mukhataḥ - from the mouth; arim - the enemy; apÄá¹­ayat - tore apart.


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Another time, when Kṛṣṇa was tending the calves in the forest together with BalarÄma and the cowherd boys, the demon BakÄsura came with the intention of killing Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa seized this inimical demon by the mouth and tore him apart.

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