स वै बको नाम महानसुरो बकरूपधृक् । आगत्य सहसा कृष्णं तीक्ष्णतुण्डोऽग्रसद् बली ॥ ४८ ॥
sa vai bako nāma mahān asuro baka-rūpa-dhṛk āgatya sahasā kṛṣṇaṁ tīkṣṇa-tuṇḍo ’grasad balī
- saḥ
- that creature
- vai
- indeed
- bakaḥ nāma
- by the name Bakāsura
- mahān asuraḥ
- a great, gigantic demon
- baka-rūpa-dhṛk
- assumed the bodily shape of a big duck
- āgatya
- coming there
- sahasā
- all of a sudden
- kṛṣṇam
- Kṛṣṇa
- tīkṣṇa-tuṇḍaḥ
- sharp beak
- agrasat
- swallowed
- balī
- very powerful
That great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura. He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa.