SB 10.11.48

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.11.47 - SB 10.11.49

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 48

sa vai bako nāma mahān

asuro baka-rūpa-dhṛk

āgatya sahasā kṛṣṇaṁ

tīkṣṇa-tuṇḍo 'grasad balī

SYNONYMS

saḥ—that creature; vai—indeed; bakaḥ nāma—by the name Bakāsura; mahān asuraḥ—a great, gigantic demon; baka-rūpa-dhṛk—assumed the bodily shape of a big duck; āgatya—coming there; sahasā—all of a sudden; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; tīkṣṇa-tuṇḍaḥ—sharp beak; agrasat—swallowed; balī—very powerful.

TRANSLATION

That great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura. He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa.

SB 10.11.47 - SB 10.11.49