Canto 12, Chapter 12

The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized

Verse 29 (SB 12.12.28-29)
SB 12.12.28-29 • मूल श्लोक

तस्य कर्माण्यपाराणि कीर्तितान्यसुरद्विष: । पूतनासुपय:पानं शकटोच्चाटनं शिशो: ॥ २८ ॥ तृणावर्तस्य निष्पेषस्तथैव बकवत्सयो: । अघासुरवधो धात्रा वत्सपालावगूहनम् ॥ २९ ॥

Transliteration

tasya karmāṇy apārāṇi kīrtitāny asura-dviṣaḥ pūtanāsu-payaḥ-pānaṁ śakaṭoccāṭanaṁ śiśoḥtṛṇāvartasya niṣpeṣas tathaiva baka-vatsayoḥ aghāsura-vadho dhātrā vatsa-pālāvagūhanam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasya — His; karmāṇi — activities; apārāṇi — innumerable; kīrtitāni — are glorified; asura-dviṣaḥ — of the enemy of the demons; pūtanā — of the witch Pūtanā; asu — along with her life air; payaḥ — of the milk; pānam — the drinking; śakaṭa — of the cart; uccāṭanam — the breaking; śiśoḥ — by the child; tṛṇāvartasya — of Tṛṇāvarta; niṣpeṣaḥ — the trampling; tathā — and; eva — indeed; baka-vatsayoḥ — of the demons named Baka and Vatsa; agha-asura — of the demon Agha; vadhaḥ — the killing; dhātrā — by Lord Brahmā; vatsa-pāla — of the calves and cowherd boys; avagūhanam — the hiding away.

Translation

“Also glorified are the innumerable pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the demons, including His childhood pastimes of sucking out Pūtanā’s life air along with her breast milk, breaking the cart, trampling down Tṛṇāvarta, killing Bakāsura, Vatsāsura and Aghāsura, and the pastimes He enacted when Lord Brahmā hid His calves and cowherd boyfriends in a cave.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda