अथाप्यभिभवन्त्येनं नैव ते घोरदर्शना: । जिघांसयैनमासाद्य नश्यन्त्यग्नौ पतङ्गवत् ॥ ५६ ॥
athāpy abhibhavanty enaṁ naiva te ghora-darśanāḥ jighāṁsayainam āsādya naśyanty agnau pataṅgavat
- atha api
- although they come to attack
- abhibhavanti
- they are able to kill
- enam
- this boy
- na
- not
- eva
- certainly
- te
- all of them
- ghora-darśanāḥ
- very fierce looking
- jighāṁsayā
- because of envy
- enam
- unto Kṛṣṇa
- āsādya
- approaching
- naśyanti
- are vanquished (death occurs to the aggressor)
- agnau
- in fire
- pataṅga-vat
- like flies
Although the causes of death, the daityas, were very fierce, they could not kill this boy Kṛṣṇa. Rather, because they came to kill innocent boys, as soon as they approached they themselves were killed, exactly like flies attacking a fire.