Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.11.48
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesBakāsura Suddenly Swallows Kṛṣṇa
“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.”
What the purport teaches
- The great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura.
- He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak.
- Upon coming there, Bakāsura immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa. The verse presents the attack as sudden.
Try this today
Read the translation attentively once, keeping your attention on Kṛṣṇa rather than rushing past the scene.
Ask yourself
What feeling arises as you read about this sudden attack on Kṛṣṇa?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.