Radha-Krishn (Sumedh/Mallika) AT#3 {The Music of Krishna's Heart} - Page 55

When Lord Krishna was enjoying His childhood pastimes with His boyfriends, one Aghasura demon became very impatient. The demon Aghasura appeared before Krishna and His friends. Aghasura happened to be the younger brother of Putana and Bakasura, and he thought, "Krishna has killed my brother and sister. Now I shall kill Him along with all His friends and calves. Aghasura was instigated by Kamsa, so he had come with determination.

Aghasura expanded himself up to eight miles and assumed the shape of a very fat serpent. Having attained this wonderful body, he stretched his mouth open just like a mountain cave. Desiring to swallow all the boys at once, including Krishna and Balarama, he sat on the path.

The demon in the shape of a big fat serpent expanded his lips from land to sky; his lower lip was touching the ground, and his upper lip was touching the clouds. At first the boys thought that the demon was a statue, but after examining it they saw that it was a big serpent lying down on the road and widening his mouth. The boys began to talk among themselves: "Dear friends, this figure appears to be a great animal, and he is sitting in such a posture just to swallow us all. Just seeis it not a big snake that has widened his mouth to eat all of us?Then they further consulted among themselves: "If we all at one time entered into the mouth of this great serpent, how could it possibly swallow all of us? And even if it were to swallow all of us at once, it could not swallow Krishna. Krishna will immediately kill him, as He did Bakasura. Talking in this way, all the boys looked at the beautiful lotus like face of Krishna, and they began to clap and smile. And so they marched forward and entered the mouth of the gigantic serpent.The demon was awaiting Krishna's entrance, and he was thinking, "Everyone has entered except Krishna, who has killed my brother and sister.

Krishna then began to consider how He could kill the demon and at the same time save the boys and calves. Finally, after some deliberation, He also entered the mouth of the demon.

While the demon was trying to smash Krishna and His companions, Krishna immediately began to expand Himself within the throat of the demon. Although he had a gigantic body, the demon choked by the expanding of Krishna. His big eyes moved violently, and he quickly suffocated. His life air could not come out from any source, and ultimately it burst out of a hole in the upper part of his skull. After the demon was dead, Krishna, with His transcendental glance alone, brought all the boys and calves back to consciousness and came with them out of the mouth of the demon.