Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 28
Aghāsura-vadha: The Killing and Deliverance of Aghāsura
कृत्यं किमत्रास्य खलस्य जीवनं न वा अमीषां च सतां विहिंसनम् । द्वयं कथं स्यादिति संविचिन्त्य ज्ञात्वाविशत्तुण्डमशेषदृग्घरि: ॥ २८ ॥
kṛtyaṁ kim atrāsya khalasya jīvanaṁ na vā amīṣāṁ ca satāṁ vihiṁsanam dvayaṁ kathaṁ syād iti saṁvicintya jñātvāviśat tuṇḍam aśeṣa-dṛg ghariḥ
Vậy phải làm sao? Làm thế nào vừa diệt tên ác ma này vừa cứu các cậu bé chăn bò hiền thiện—hai việc cùng lúc? Suy xét kỹ, Hari toàn tri tìm ra phương kế rồi bước vào miệng Aghāsura.
Kṛṣṇa is known as ananta-vīrya-sarvajña because everything is known to Him. Because He knows everything perfectly well, it was not difficult for Him to find a means by which He could save the boys and at the same time kill the demon. Thus He also decided to enter the demon’s mouth.
FAQs
This verse shows Kṛṣṇa (Hari) immediately choosing a course that saves the saintly cowherd boys, even entering the demon’s mouth to prevent harm—illustrating His constant protective care for devotees.
Seeing the danger to the boys and not wishing to let the demon succeed, Kṛṣṇa resolved the dilemma—stopping the demon’s life and preventing violence to the boys—by entering the open beak and overpowering him from within.
The shloka encourages trust that sincere devotion is not ignored: do your duty with integrity, and remember Kṛṣṇa—He arranges protection and the right outcome even in seemingly impossible dilemmas.