वने सञ्चारयन् वत्सान् सरामो बालकैर्वृत: । हन्तुकामं बकं दोर्भ्यां मुखतोऽरिमपाटयत् ॥ ८ ॥
vane sañcārayan vatsān sa-rāmo bālakair vṛtaḥ hantu-kāmaṁ bakaṁ dorbhyāṁ mukhato ’rim apāṭayat
- vane
- in the forest
- sañcārayan
- grazing
- vatsān
- the calves
- sarāmaḥ
- together with Lord Balarāma
- bālakaiḥ
- by the cowherd boys
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- hantu-kāmam
- desiring to kill
- bakam
- the demon Baka
- dorbhyām
- with His arms
- mukhataḥ
- from the mouth
- arim
- the enemy
- apāṭayat
- tore apart
Another time, when Kṛṣṇa was tending the calves in the forest together with Balarāma and the cowherd boys, the demon Bakāsura came with the intention of killing Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa seized this inimical demon by the mouth and tore him apart.