Vasudeva Meets Nanda; Pūtanā’s Fall; Viṣṇu-Rakṣā (Protective Hymn) in Gokula
सा विमुक्तमहारावा विच्छिन्नस्नायुबन्धना पपात पूतना भूमौ म्रियमाणातिभीषणा
sā vimuktamahārāvā vicchinnasnāyubandhanā papāta pūtanā bhūmau mriyamāṇātibhīṣaṇā
છૂટતાં જ તેણે ભયંકર મહાનાદ કર્યો; તેના સ્નાયુબંધ તૂટી ગયા અને પૂતના ધરતી પર પડી ગઈ—મરતી વેળાએ પણ અતિભયાનક—શિશુ કૃષ્ણમાં નિવાસ કરનાર પ્રભુ વિષ્ણુની શક્તિથી પરાજિત।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
It dramatizes how hostile, deceptive adharma collapses instantly before the indwelling power of Vishnu in Krishna—divine protection is effortless and absolute.
By portraying the demoness’ terrifying death as a direct consequence of contact with Krishna, Parāśara frames the avatāra not as vulnerable, but as the Supreme Lord whose will governs life and death.
Krishna is presented as Vishnu’s supreme presence in līlā: even in infant form, the Lord’s transcendent power remains intact, affirming Vishnu as the ultimate protector and ruler of cosmic order.