Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 29
Bhāgavata-Māhātmya and the Complete Summary of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
तस्य कर्माण्यपाराणि कीर्तितान्यसुरद्विष: । पूतनासुपय:पानं शकटोच्चाटनं शिशो: ॥ २८ ॥ तृणावर्तस्य निष्पेषस्तथैव बकवत्सयो: । अघासुरवधो धात्रा वत्सपालावगूहनम् ॥ २९ ॥
tasya karmāṇy apārāṇi kīrtitāny asura-dviṣaḥ pūtanāsu-payaḥ-pānaṁ śakaṭoccāṭanaṁ śiśoḥ
Ebenso werden die unzähligen Līlās Śrī Kṛṣṇas, des Feindes der Asuras, verherrlicht: wie Er als Kind Pūtanā beim Trinken der Milch zugleich den Lebenshauch entzog, den Karren zerbrach, Tṛṇāvarta niedertrat, Bakāsura, Vatsāsura und Aghāsura tötete und die Līlā, als Brahmā Kälber und Hirtenfreunde in einer Höhle verbarg.
FAQs
This verse lists several Bāla-līlās—Pūtanā, the cart demon, Tṛṇāvarta, Baka, Vatsa, and Aghāsura—showing that even as a child Kṛṣṇa effortlessly protects His devotees and destroys demonic forces.
He is concluding and summarizing the Bhāgavatam’s essential topics, reminding Parīkṣit Mahārāja that hearing and glorifying Kṛṣṇa’s deeds is the heart of devotion and the essence of the Purāṇa.
By regularly hearing, chanting, and remembering Kṛṣṇa’s līlās—seeing them as protection for the sincere heart—one gains faith, courage against inner “demons” (lust, anger, fear), and steadiness in bhakti.