adyānena mahā-vyālo
yaśodā-nanda-sūnunā
hato 'vitā vayaḿ cāsmād
iti bālā vraje jaguḥ
adya -- today; anena -- by Him; maha-vyalah -- a great serpent; yasoda -- of Yasoda; nanda -- and Maharaja Nanda; sununa -- by the son; hatah -- has been killed; avitah -- have been saved; vayam -- we; ca -- and; asmat -- from that demon; iti -- thus; balah -- the boys; vraje -- in Vrindavana; jaguh -- sang.
As the cowherd boys reached the village of Vraja, they sang, "Today Krishna saved us by killing a great serpent!" Some of the boys described Krishna as the son of Yasoda, and others as the son of Nanda Maharaja.
Actually, Lord Krishna had killed the demon Aghasura one-year earlier, but the boys, bewildered by the mystic potency of Brahma for one year, did not notice the time passing and thus thought that on that very day Lord Krishna had killed the demon Aghasura and was now returning home with them.
