One day the demoness Pūtanā descended from outer space into Gokula, the home of Nanda Maharaja. Having been sent by the cruel King Kamsa to kill all the babies in the Vrndavana area, Pūtanā displayed her mystic power and assumed the disguise of a very beautiful woman. She boldly entered Kṛṣṇa's bedroom without permission, but everyone was so overwhelmed by her beauty that they did not protest.
The baby Kṛṣṇa, who resembled a fire covered by ashes, looked upon Pūtanā and thought that He would have to kill her. Pūtanā could understand the great potency of Kṛṣṇa, but, enchanted by the influence of Kṛṣṇa's internal energy, she took Kṛṣṇa upon her lap anyway and offered Him her poison smeared breast to suck.
Suddenly baby Kṛṣṇa became very angry at Pūtanā, and taking hold of her breast, He squeezed it very hard with both hands and began to suck out both poison and her life. In unbearable agony, Pūtanā perspired heavily, flailed her arms and legs wildly, and cried out, "Please leave me, leave me! Suck my breast no longer!" But Kṛṣṇa persisted, and as the demoness lost her life, she assumed her original, huge form. Then before the amazed gopis (milkmaids of Vrindavan), Kṛṣṇa began fearlessly playing on the breast of Pūtanā's twelve-mile-long corpse.
The baby Kṛṣṇa, who resembled a fire covered by ashes, looked upon Pūtanā and thought that He would have to kill her. Pūtanā could understand the great potency of Kṛṣṇa, but, enchanted by the influence of Kṛṣṇa's internal energy, she took Kṛṣṇa upon her lap anyway and offered Him her poison smeared breast to suck.
Suddenly baby Kṛṣṇa became very angry at Pūtanā, and taking hold of her breast, He squeezed it very hard with both hands and began to suck out both poison and her life. In unbearable agony, Pūtanā perspired heavily, flailed her arms and legs wildly, and cried out, "Please leave me, leave me! Suck my breast no longer!" But Kṛṣṇa persisted, and as the demoness lost her life, she assumed her original, huge form. Then before the amazed gopis (milkmaids of Vrindavan), Kṛṣṇa began fearlessly playing on the breast of Pūtanā's twelve-mile-long corpse.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 6
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