Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 6: The Killing of the Demon Putana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.6.14

patamano 'pi tad-dehas

tri-gavyuty-antara-druman

curnayam asa rajendra

mahad asit tad adbhutam

SYNONYMS

patamanah api -- even while falling down; tat-dehah -- her gigantic body; tri-gavyuti-antara -- within a limit of twelve miles; druman -- all kinds of trees; curnayam asa -- smashed; rajendra -- O King Pariksit; mahat asit -- was quite gigantic; tat -- that body; adbhutam -- and very, very wonderful.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, when the gigantic body of Putana fell to the ground, it smashed all the trees within a limit of twelve miles. Appearing in a gigantic body, she was certainly extraordinary.

PURPORT

Because of the grievous hurt imposed upon her by Krsna's sucking her breast, Putana, while dying, not only left the room but abandoned the village and fell down in the pasturing ground in her gigantic body.

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