niśā-carī - the Rākṣasī; ittham - in this way; vyathita-stanā - being severely aggrieved because of pressure on her breast; vyasuḥ - lost her life; vyādāya - opening her mouth wide; keśān - bunch of hairs; caraṇau - her two legs; bhujau - her two hands; api - also; prasārya - expanding; goṣṭhe - in the pasturing ground; nija-rūpam āsthitā - remained in her original demoniac form; vajra-āhataḥ - killed by the thunderbolt of Indra; vṛtraḥ - Vṛtrāsura; iva - as if; apatat - fell down; nṛpa - O King.

In this way the demon Pūtanā, very much aggrieved because her breast was being attacked by Kṛṣṇa, lost her life. O King Parīkṣit, opening her mouth wide and spreading her arms, legs and hair, she fell down in the pasturing ground in her original form as a Rākṣasī, as Vṛtrāsura had fallen when killed by the thunderbolt of Indra.