Kṛṣṇa kills Tṛṇāvarta

A servant of King Kaḿsa, known as Tṛṇāvarta, as instructed by Kaḿsa, appeared there in the shape of a whirlwind. He picked up the child Kṛṣṇa on his shoulders and raised a great dust storm all over Vrindavan, covering everyone's eyes.

The Tṛṇāvarta demon went high into the sky with baby Kṛṣṇa on his shoulder, but the baby assumed such a weight that suddenly he could not go any further, and he had to stop his whirlwind activities. Due to Kṛṣṇa's weight, Tṛṇāvarta considered him to be like a great mountain or a hunk of iron. But because Kṛṣṇa had caught the demon's neck, the demon was unable to throw Him off. He therefore thought of the child as wonderful, since he could neither bear the child nor cast aside the burden. With Kṛṣṇa grasping him by the throat, Tṛṇāvarta choked, unable even to make a sound or move his hands and legs. His eyes popping out, the demon lost his life and fell, along with the little boy, down to the ground of Vrndavana.

While the gopīs who had gathered were crying for Krishna, the demon, fell from the sky onto a big slab of stone, his limbs dislocated. The gopīs immediately picked Kṛṣṇa up from the demon's chest and delivered Him to mother Yaśodā. Because the child was unhurt and now free from all danger and misfortune, the gopīs and cowherd men, headed by Nanda Maharaja, were extremely happy.

Source: Srimad Bhagavatam Canto10, Chapter 7

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