Sastra Caksusa

seeing through the eyes of scriptures

O  fickle mind   ,please worship the prince of Vraja ,who with His own splendid glory beautified the transcendental abode of Vraja
who with the sweetnesss  of the moon of his face delighted the eyes of His parents.Whose name giving cermony was performed by many brahmanas ,who  of many different kinds of charity, who recieved gifts from all the cowherd people,whoes birth celebration was observed by many nicely decorated men and women,whoes birth celebration was a time when the people became pleased by throwing milk, yogurt, and tumeric mixed with water,whoes birth celebration  was a time when the splendid courtyard became muddied with a great abundance of yogurt.Whoes birth celebration was a time when the women openly danced with great happiness ,whoes birth celebration was a time when
His father pleased all the splendid cowherd  people,whoes birth celebration was a time when the great opulence of the goddess of fortune fully blossomed in the land of Vraja.Who  was seen by the   with he hard eyes of the expertly deceptive Putana, who has taken a vow to kill all demons who frighten the people of Vraja.Who slept  near the dangerously  poison breasts of Bakas younger sister Putana.Who sucked out Putanas  life along with her breast milk.Who made Putanas gigantic body fall upon a grove of trees.Who cut the many future births of the Raksasi Putana,the enemy of children .Who  was carefully protected by the expert gopis, whoes splendid ,auspisciously marked transcendental limps where lovingly annointed with cow dung and dust raised by the cows,and who is the fresh sandal paste that anoints all the Gopis hearts. Oh Nandanandana all glories to the very sweet devotional service honey that flows from the lotus flower of Your  lotusfeet  feet.When the smallest drop of  that sweetness is present the happiness of impersonal liberation becomes like an oyster.
  
Comments: 
In his Krsna Stava Srila Sanatana Goswami has glorified Krsnas transcendental birth:
1) O Krsna, Who descended in the province of Mathura, O Lord Who gives the great gift of pure love for Yourself, O Perfromer of extraordinary pastimes, O great Treasure-house of various kinds of sweetness, O Lord Who is full of transcendental opulences, great mercy and majesty. All glories unto You.
2) O Krsna, O Deliverer of the Pandavas and Protector of King Pariksit, everyone should hear talks in relation with You, just as King Pariksit who enquired about Your pastimes.
3) O Krsna, you are situated within and without everything and You appropriately grant happiness and distress to the devotees and the impious. King Pariksit, full of doubts, and very eager to hear, enquired about You and Your pastimes.
4) O Krsna, the nectar of the topics in relation to you were spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami, and those topics became the very life-breath of King Pariksit, who had abandoned all other food and drink. O Lord, when the entire earth was afflicted by a great horde of demonic kings, the earth became distressed and bitterly lamented.
5) O Krsna, hearing the lament of Mother Earth, Lord Brahma and the other demigods approached the ocean of milk. Staying there in meditation, Lord Brahma heard Your words of instruction which delighted the pious devotees on the earth planet.
1) O Krsna, You are very fond of the city of Mathura, the capitol of King Surasena, and because You decided to descend in that place to the earth, You caused the wedding celebration of Devaki and Vasudeva.
2) O Krsna, agitated by a voice from the sky, Kamsa, who was holding the reigns of the chariot tried to wickedly (kill Devaki). Devaki's life was saved by the careful reasoned words of Vasudeva.
3) O Krsna, fulfilling his promise, the truthful Vasudeva brought each of His sons before Kamsa. O Lord, because of Your desire, Kamsa was able to hear the words spoken by Narada (from the sky). O Krsna, please protect me.
4) O Krsna, Kamsa then imprisoned Vasudeva and other relatives and bound them in chains. He killed the six sons of Devaki, thinking them to be his enemies.
1) O Krsna, you understood the sufferings of Your own family the Yadu dynasty, who were greatly harassed by the military strength of Kamsa. O My Lord, by the agency ofYour own Yogamaya potency, You personally became Devaki's seventh child.
2) O Krsna, by the agency of Your Yogamaya, You became the Son of Devaki and Your incarnation as Lord Balarama was transferred to the womb of Rohini. O dear friend of Lord Balarama, O Krsna, please protect me.
3) O Krsna, when You became the eighth child of Devaki, Your splendor made Your mother appear very glorious and the presence of Your transcendental potencies made Your father Vasudeva become jubilant. you caused great fear and despair for Kamsa.
4) O Krsna, O Absolute truth, O Lord of the universe, manifesting Your transcendental form, which is beyond the material nature, You received the prayers of Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, and the other demigods. You also continually remained within the mind of Kamsa.
5) O Krsna, O be-all-and-end-all for devotees, O only desired object of the devotees, by the appearance of Your transcendental form, all the desires of everyone become fulfilled. O Lord, you personally enter those who take shelter of Your Holy Name or Your spiritual form. O Lord, simply by taking birth here, You removed all the distresses of the earth.
6) O Krsna, You appeared on the earth exclusively to perform Your pastimes and remove the earth's burden. Your lotus feet are the ornament for the upper and middle planetary systems. The demigods thus encouraged Mother Devaki by offering prayers to You. O Krsna, all glories unto You.
1) O Krsna, appearing on the eighth day of the dark moon in the month of Bhadra, when the star Rohini had appeared in the sky, You spread auspiciousness over the earth's surface, and You pleased and pacified the minds and hearts of saintly devotees.
2) O Krsna, when You appeared in the middle of the night as the dear Son of Vasudeva, You delighted the minds of the great sages and You pleased and satisfied the demigods.
3) O Krsna, O transcendental jewel, O Son of Devaki, O dear younger brother of Balarama, O elder brother of Gada and Subhadra, please be merciful and protect me.
4) O amazing boy who displayed His transcendental form in the dark prison, O jewel in the maternity house of Devaki, please protect me.
1) O Krsna, You revealed Your transcendental form which is generally very difficult to see, Vasudeva offered reverential prayers glorifying You, the cause of all causes who has simultaneously entered and not entered everything. I offer respectful obeisances unto You.
2) O perfect Krsna, You are simultaneously the doer and the non-doer of everything, and by Your appearance You made the entire universe peaceful and happy. You mercifully granted liberation to the demons and You increased the pure love of Your devotees. (I offer respectful obeisances unto You.).
3) O Krsna, O Creator of time, O annihilator of the universe, O lamp of transcendental knowledge, O Lord free from any material attributes or contact, O bliss of the eyes ofDevaki, who fearfully offered prayers to You, all glories unto You.
4) O Krsna, Your splendor makes all the planets appear like a joke, and You rescue from death those who take shelter of Your lotus feet. Because material eyes are not appropriate instruments to see Your transcendental form, You covered that divine form which was formerly shown to Your mother.

1) O Lord Krsna, in three births You became the Son of Devaki and Vasudeva. When You were born in Your father's presence, You were pleased by His sincere worship, and You granted all benedictions to him.
2) O beautiful Krsna, O Supreme Spirit whose form resembles that of a a human child, and who performs pastimes in that eternal form, giving great transcendental bliss to Your mother and father, (all glories unto You).
3) O Krsna, You instructed (Vasudeva) how You could escape (the wrath of Kamsa) and You bewildered the guards standing at the prison gate and caused them all to fall asleep. It was by Your arrangement that Your potency Maya was born as the daughter of Yasoda.
4) O Krsna, Your potency unlocked all the doors and You were carried away by Your father. The hoods of the serpent Ananta Sesa became Your umbrella, and the Yamunariver gave You a clear path.
5) O Lord Krsna, O Great Auspiciousness of Vraja, You were placed on Yasoda's bed. And she, Nanda Mahraja and the other cowherd men, bewildered by sleep, did not notice. (All glories unto You).
1) O Lord Krsna, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. When Kamsa attempted to violently kill Durga-devi, she told him that You had already been born. Kamsa became amazed, and he released Your father, mother and relatives (from the prison).
2) O Krsna, Kamsa, his mind purified by constantly remembering You with fear, became enlightened, and he spoke transcendental knowledge to Your mother and father and thus pacified them.
3) O Lord  Krsna, trapped in the verbal network of bad  advice  form  his demonic  ministers, Kamsa agreed to a very wicked plan. Kamsa transgressed the desires of the saintly devotees, and in this way it appeared that his life was soon to end.
1) O Krsna, entering the appropriate place (Vrajabhumi), You  appear to  have become initiated in the vow of givine the unprecedented gift of love for Your lotus feet. O Performer of pastimes, You grant pure love for Yourself to Your devotees. That love is like a great festival of spiritual happiness.
2) O  Krsna, , O delightful Son of Maharaja Nanda, when  the  (time) for Your birth-ceremony arrived, Your father arranged for a great festival and gave many gifts in charity, thus making the opulent  land  of  Gokula  very auspicious.
3) O  Lord  Gopala, you were then decorated with ornaments and  the  gopis celebrated   a  great  festival,  lovingly  and  jubilantly showering their benedictions upon You and sprinkling You with the milk of the cows of Vraja.
4) O Krsna, O Delight of the people of Vraja, Nanda  Maharaja  then greatly  honored the people of Vraja and he opulently gave many opulent  giftrs to them as You drank the breast milk of Your mother Yasoda.
5) O Krsna, attaing You as his son, King Nanda considered that he had a great jewel as a son, and he became very anxious for Your protection. When he went to Mathura to pay taxes, he asked the cowherd men to protect his home (in his absence.)
6) O Krsna, please be merciful to me. Nanda Maharaja became delighted when he heard the auspicious questions of Vasudeva, who also became jubilant, hearing Nanda's transcendental reply
Srila Sanatana Goswami is the Sambanda Guru so he presents all of Krsnas lilas in relation to His transcendental birth in Mathura as well.
However Srila Rupa Goswami is the Abhideya Guru where the relationship with Krsna in Vraja is established so he jumbs over the Mathura lila of Krsnas birth ,because Vrajendra Nandana Krsna never leaves Vrindavana, and in Mathura is Krsnas expanded form of Vasudeva.
Lord Caitanya instructed Srila Rupa Goswami in Jagannatha Puri:
CC Antya 1.65: On the next day, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to see Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the omniscient Lord spoke as follows.
CC Antya 1.66: "Do not try to take Kṛṣṇa out of Vṛndāvana, for He does not go anywhere else at any time.
CC Antya 1.67: "'The Kṛṣṇa known as Yadu-kumāra is Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa. He is different from the Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Yadu-kumāra Kṛṣṇa manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathurā and Dvārakā, but Kṛṣṇa the son of Nanda Mahārāja never at any time leaves Vṛndāvana.'"
CC Antya 1.68: After saying this, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to perform His noontime duties, leaving Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī somewhat surprised.
kṛṣṇo 'nyo yadu-sambhūto
sa kvacin naiva gacchati
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; anyaḥ — another (Lord Vāsudeva); yadu-sambhūtaḥ — born in the Yadu dynasty; yaḥ — who; pūrṇaḥ — the full Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; saḥHe; asti — is; ataḥ — than Him (Vāsudeva); paraḥ — different; vṛndāvanam — the place Vṛndāvana; parityajya — giving up; saḥHe; kvacit — at any time; na eva gacchati — does not go.
TRANSLATION
"'The Kṛṣṇa known as Yadu-kumāra is Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa. He is different from the Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Yadu-kumāra Kṛṣṇa manifests His pastimes in the cities of Mathurā and Dvārakā, but Kṛṣṇa the son of Nanda Mahārāja never at any time leaves Vṛndāvana.'"
PURPORT
This verse is included in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.461), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Thus on the instruction of Satyabhama and later of Lord Caitanya he wrote 2 dramas Lalita Madhava and Vidadgha Madhava.
So in the Sri Astadasa Chandah he has also focused only on Krsnas Vraja lilas ..
( purport will be continued ....)

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Comment by Paramananda das on November 1, 2012 at 10:03pm

comments continued  : In his Ananda Vrindavana Campu Kavi Karnapura has also started with describing Krsna transcendental birth in Gokula. Actually Janmastami outside of Vraja became known when Krsna and Balarama entered Mathura and killed Kamsa and the last of his demons.That time Vasudeva Krsna father and the Mathura Basis asked Him how to celebrate Janmastami. devotees should kindly read the 5th Vilasa from Hari bhakti Vilasa:   http://nitaaiveda.com/Compiled_and_Imp_Scriptures/Glories_of_Lord_K...

The Origin of Shri Janmashtami

In the Bhavishya Purana, Uttara-khanda, Shri Yudhishthira says:

O infallible Lord, please describe to me the vow of Janmashtami in great detail. When did this vow begin? What piety does it grant? How is it performed?

Shri Krishna said: O  Yudhishthira, after I had killed the demon Kamsa, Devaki embraced Me, placed Me  on her lap, and wept.

When the wrestling was over she  stood up in the grandstand. The Kukuras and Andhakas praised  her.

Her  affectionate kinsmen and their wives surrounded her. Vasudeva came, embraced me,  said, "Son! Son!" and wept with a father's love.

His eyes filled with tears, he  embraced Balarama and Me. In a choked voice he said:

Today my birth has born fruit.  Today my life is lived well. Now I have met my sons, the two glories of the Yadu  dynasty

O king, seeing My parents'  happiness, everyone else became happy. Bowing before Me, everyone spoke these  words:

Today we are happy. Today  Krishna is born. Today the demon Kamsa has fallen in a wrestling  match.

O Lord Krishna, please glance  at the people in this festival. Please give Your mercy to them and to others  also.

O Krishna, O Lord who removes  all sufferings, please give to us the day when Devaki gave birth to You. We will  celebrate a festival in Your honor. O Krishna, please be kind to Your sincere  devotees.

Filled with  wonder to hear the people speak these words, and the hairs of his body now erect  in ecstasy, Vasudeva glanced at Balarama and said:

It should be so. Please tell  the people.

O son of Pritha, then, on My  father's order, I revealed the vow of Janmashtami to the people of  Mathura.

The brahmanas,  kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras, and all others who are pious, from the age of  eight years and older, should observe this vow of  Janmashtami.

Shrila Sanatana  Gosvami comments:

The same is  true for observing ekadashi. In the scriptures it is said:

ashta-varshadhiko  balah

"Children eight  years and older should also observe ekadashi."

See also my article about fasting on Janmastami:

http://www.dandavats.com/?p=4883

Comment by Paramananda das on November 2, 2012 at 11:34pm

Srila Raghunath das Goswami has stated in his Vraja Vilasa:

To celebrate his son’s birth, the King of Gokula respectively gave in charity to the brahmanas palatable foods, nectar beverages, and transcendental cows decorated with many jewels. Day after day he satisfied the brahmanas with these valuable presentations, and he repeatedly begged for their blessings on his infant boy. I worship the king of Gokula, who is always absorbed in thoughts of his son.

May the queen of Vraja, whose breasts continually trickle milk out of maternal love for her son, who is prepared to give her life many millions of times to protect him from even a single drop of perspiration, and who is so attached to Him that if she cannot for a moment see Him she cries like a cow frightened for her new born calf, protect us.

I humbly urge devotees to not only read Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto in the month of Kartika but also Ananda Vrindavana Campu.And Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book.

The next pastime Srila Rupa Goswami is focusing on is Krsna killing Putana thus we are up to chapter 6 in the Krsna book

http://krsnabook.com/contents/ and the first 6 chapters of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada all nicely commented on:

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

SB 10.1: The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction

SB 10.2: Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb

SB 10.3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.4: The Atrocities of King Kaḿsa

SB 10.5: The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva

SB 10.6: The Killing of the Demon Pūtanā

In the 10 canto chapter 5 Vasudeva had warned Nanda Maharaja that Kamsa would send demons and that there would be distrubance in Gokula.

The first vers of chapter 6 of 10 Canto Srila Prabhupada has given a nice purport:

śrī-śuka uvāca

nandaḥ pathi vacaḥ śaurer

na mṛṣeti vicintayan

hariḿ jagāma śaraṇam

utpātāgama-śańkitaḥ

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, while Nanda Mahārāja was on the way home, he considered that what Vasudeva had said could not be false or useless. There must have been some danger of disturbances in Gokula. As Nanda Mahārāja thought about the danger for his beautiful son, Kṛṣṇa, he was afraid, and he took shelter at the lotus feet of the supreme controller.

PURPORT

Whenever there is danger, the pure devotee thinks of the protection and shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also advised in Bhagavad-gītā (9.33): anityam asukhaḿ lokam imaḿ prāpya bhajasva mām. In this material world there is danger at every step (padaḿ padaḿ yad vipadām). Therefore a devotee has no other course than to take shelter of the Lord at every step.

In Treta Yuga King Ambarish Maharaja who was the king of Mathura was challenged by Durvasa Muni whoes asrama you can find on the opposite side of Yamuna from Mathura.

This is explained in the 9th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, this asrama is still there and Durvasa Muni was also present during Krsnas pastimes in Dvarpara Yuga and the gopis met with him, this is explained in Gopal Tapani Upanisad.

Actually the place the Gopis crossed to Mathura is at Visrama Ghat (where they sometimes would sell youghurt and milk in Mathura).So from Gopal Tapani Upanisad we can understand that on occasions the Gopis graced Mathura with their lotusfeet even Srimati Radharani.Strictly speaking Mathura is also part of Vraja and surrounded by Vraja in all directions.The glories of Mathura is found in Srila Rupa Goswamis Mathura Mahatmya. Our beloved Gurudeva , Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja also has written a wonderful book:

Sri Vraja Mandal Parikrama I humbly urge the readers to carefully study. Vraja Mandal Parikrama is started at Visrama Ghat in Mathura the day after Sarat Purnima.Lord Caitanya also took bath at the 24 Ghats of Yamuna. At Visrama Ghat Lord Caitanya rested when visiting Mathura .

Comment by Paramananda das on November 5, 2012 at 7:10pm
Srila Rupa Goswami then starts describing Putana who in her previous birth was known as Ratnamala:
In her previous life, Putana was the daughter  of Bali Maharaja, and was named Ratnamala. At the time when her father was  visited by Lord Vamanadeva, she also witnessed His arrival:
"Appearing as a brahmana, wearing a belt of  straw, an upper garment of deerskin and matted locks of hair, Lord Vamanadeva  entered the arena of the priests and their disciples, who stood from their seats  and welcomed   properly by offering obeisances."(S.B. 8.18.24-25)
As soon as Ratnamala had set eyes on the Lord,  she desired that He might become her son, wishing to suckle Him out of maternal  affection. The Supreme Lord, feeling obliged to her father, His pure devotee,  and understanding her heart,  granted her that wish. However, when Ratnamala  saw how Lord Vamanadeva tricked her father, and tied him up like a criminal with the ropes of Varuna , she  became angry and bitter. Looking at the Lord, she thought  maliciously:
"If you become my son, then not only will I  feed you; I will kill you!"
According to the original benediction that Lord  Vamanadeva had offered, Ratnamala would have the opportunity to suckle Him as  her child. However, because her sentiments had now swung so violently to the  opposite extreme, by exercise of His unlimited intelligence, Lord Vamanadeva  ingeniously supplied the solution, by smoothly incorporating the suitable  reactions to both diverse desires in a single event.
In hernext life as Putana, Ratnamala uniquely murdered babies by suckling them  with a poisoned breast. Her ultimate attempt at infanticide culminating in an  encounter with Krsna, who simultaneously allowed her to suckle and attempt to  destroy Him. Krsna then accepted not only her poisoned milk, but her very life  airs too. As a result, she was purified of all material contamination in one  stroke, and the Lord awarded her the position as His Goloka Vrndavana.
In her death   Putana again manifested  her true form, that of a gigantic Raksasi, 12 miles  tall. When  that immense body had crashed to the ground, and Krsna had been recovered, the  gopas set about sawing it up and burning it.  . Because the body had now been  totally spiritualized by contact with Krsna, when burned it produced a very  pleasing ,  The quantity of perfumed smoke was so great that  it formed large clouds, which, upon bursting, showered Vraja Mandala with  delightfully aromatic rain.
  Bali Maharaja,   is the  grandson of Prahlada
When Lord Nrsimhah killed Hiranyakasipu, He  guaranteed Prahalad Maharaja that He would never again personally kill any  member of succeeding generations in Prahlada's dynasty. This promise also  extended to cover family members in their next lives as well. An example of how  Krsna went to special lengths to avoid breaking His promise to Prahlada, may be  found in the life of Sahasika,one of  the sons of Bali Maharaja, who is the grandson of Prahlada Maharaja. In his next  life, Sahasika became the Dhenukasura demon in Krsna-lila. Instead of killing  him directly, Krsna allowed Balarama to instead. (this reminds us also how Balarama killed Rukmi)
At this point, the question may be raised: if  Krsna would not kill Dhenuka personally, then why did he kill Putana, Dhenuka's  sister, Himself?
According to the scripture, we find that  because Ratnamala (Putana) was female, she did not officially qualify as a member of her great grandfather's  dynasty, and for this reason was eligible to be killed by Lord Krsna  Himself.Futher more if it is seen Krsnas killing was braking His promise then actually He fully blessed Putana to become a nurse assistant in Goloka Vrindavana in all eternity, no other demon attained such a benediction.
In Garga Samhita we find this in its first Canto :
Putana-moksha  The Liberation of Putana
Texts 1 and 2
sri-narada uvaca
saury-anamaya-pricchartham karam datum  nripasya ca putrotsavam kathayitum nande sri-mathuram gate
kamsena  preshita dushta putana ghata-karini pureshu grama-ghosheshu caranti  gharghara-svana
While, to ask  about Vasudeva's welfare, to pay his tax to the king, and to describe his son's  birth-festival, Nanda was in Sri Mathura, the murderess Putana, sent by Kamsa,  was traveling among cities, towns, and cowherd villages, making a menacing  rumbling sound.
Text 3
atha gokulam asadya gopa-gopi-ganakulam rupam dadhara sa  divyam vapuh shodasa-varshikam
Coming to Gokula,  which was filled with many gopas and gopis, the demoness assumed the form of a sixteen-year  old girl.
Text 4
na ke 'pi rurudhur gopah sundarim tam ca gopikah sacim vanim ramam  rambham ratim ca kshipatim iva
No gopa or gopi  stopped this beautiful girl, who seemed to eclipse the goddesses Saci,  Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Rambha, and Rati.
Text 5
rohinyam ca yasodayam dharshitayam sphurat-kuca ankam adaya tam  balam lalayanti punah punah
Ignoring Rohini  and Yasoda, she took the infant on her lap, fondled Him again and again, and  then exposed her breasts.
Text 6
dadau sisor maha-ghora kalakutavritam stanam pranaih sardham papau  dugdham katum roshavrito harih
When the very  horrible demoness gave her poison-covered breast to Him, infant Lord Hari became  angry and drank her life- breath along with the bitter milk.
Text 7
munca munca vadantittham dhavanti pidita-stana nitva bahir gata tam  vai gata-maya babhuva ha
Screaming "Leave  me! Leave me!", and her breast filled with pain, she ran outside, bringing the  infant with her and her magical illusion now gone.
Text 8
patan-netra sveta-gatra rudanti patita bhuvi nanada tena  brahmandam sapta lokair bilaih saha
Screaming, her  eyes bulging and limbs perspiring, she fell to the ground, making a sound that  filled the universe with its seven planetary systems and empty regions of outer  space.
Texts 9 and 10
cacala vasudha dvipais tad adbhutam ivabhavat shat-krosam sa dridhan  dirghan vrikshan prishtha-tale gatan
curni-cakara  vapusha vajraagena nripesvara vadantas te gopa-gana vikshya ghoram  vapur mahat
A great wonder  happened. The earth and all its continents moved. She became twelve mils long  and her thunderbolt body broke many tall and trees and made them fall to the ground.  O king of kings, when the gopas saw her horrible gigantic body, they said:
Texts 11 and 12
asya anguli-go balo na jivati kadacana tasya urasi  sanandam kridantam su-smitam sisum
dugdham pitva jrimbhamanam tam  drishtva jagrihuh striyah yasodaya ca rohinya nidhayorasi vismitah
"The child was  crushed by her fingers. He could not have remained alive." Then, seeing the  smiling infant yawn after drinking the demoness' milk, and then play on her  breast, the astonished women, along with Yasoda and Rohinia, grabbed Him, and  pulled Him down from the breast.
Text 13
sarvato balakam nitva raksham cakrur  vidhanatah kalindi-punya-mrit-toyair go-puccha-bhramanadibhih
Then they took  the child and acted to give Him protection by anointing Him with the Yamuna's  sacred water and clay, by having a cow wave its tail before Him, and by doing  other things also.
Text 14
go-mutra-go-rajobhis ca snapayitva tv idam jaguh
Bathing Him with  cow dust and cow urine, they chanted:
Text 15
sri-gopya ucuh
sri-krishnas te sirah patu vaikunthah kantham  eva hi svetadvipa-patih karnau nasikam yajna-rupa-dhrik
The gopis said:  May Sri Krishna protect Your head. May Lord Vaikuntha protect Your neck. May the  Lord of Svetadvipa protect Your ears. May Lord Yajna protect Your nose.
Text 16
nrisimho netra-yugmam ca jihvam dasarathatmajah adharav avatam te  tu nara-narayanav rishi
May Lord Nrisimha  protect Your two eyes. May Lord Rama protect Your tongue. May Lord Nara-Narayana  Rishi protect Your lips.
Text 17
kapolau pantu te sakshat sanakadyah kala hareh bhalam te  sveta-varaho narado bhru-late 'vatu
May the four  Kumaras. who are Lord Hari's kala expansions, protect Your cheeks. May Lord  Sveta Varaha protect Your forehead. May Lord Narada protect the two vines of  Your eyebrows.
Text 18
cibukam kapilah patu dattatreya uro 'vatu skandhau dvav rishabhah  patu karau matsyah prapatu te
May Lord Kapila  protect Your chin. May Lord Dattatreya protect Your chest. May Lord Rishabha  protect both Your shoulders. May Lord Matsya protect Your hands.
Text 19
dor-dandam satatam rakshet prithuh prithula-vikramah udaram kamathah  patu nabhim dhanvantaris ca te
May powerful Lord  Prithu always protect Your arms. May Lord Kurma protect Your abdomen. May Lord  Dhanvantari protect Your navel.
Text 20
mohini guhya-desam ca katim te vamano 'vatu prishtham parasuramas  ca tavoru badarayanah
May Srimati  Mohini protect Your private parts. My Lord Vamana protect Your hips. May Lord  Parasurama protect Your back. May Lord Vyasa protect Your thighs.
Text 21
balo janu-dvayam patu janghe buddhah prapatu te padau patu  sa-gulphau ca kalkir dharma-patih prabhuh
May Lord Balarama  protect Your knees. May Lord Buddha protect Your shins. May Lord Kalki, the  master of religion, protect Your ankles and feet.
Text 22
sarva-raksha-karam divyam sri-krishna-kavacam param idam bhagavata  dattam brahmane nabhi-pankaje
The Supreme  Personality of Godhead gave this glorious and transcendental Sri Krishna-kavaca  (armor of Lord Krishna), which gives all protection, to the demigod Brahma on  the lotus flower of His navel.
Text 23
brahmana sambhave dattam sambhur durvasase dadau durvasah  sri-yasomatyai pradac chri-nanda-mandire
Then Brahma gave  it to Lord Siva. Lord Siva gave it to Durvasa Muni. Durvasa Muni gave it to Sri  Yasoda in Sri Nanda's palace.
Text 24
anena raksham kritvasya gopibhih sri-yasomati payayitva stanam  danam viprebhyah pradadau mahat
In this way Sri  Yasoda and the gopis gave protection to (infant Krishna). Then Sri Yasoda gave  Him her breast milk to drink, and then she gave great charity to the brahmanas.
Text 25
tada nandadayo gopa agata mathura-purat drishtva ghoram  putanakhyam babhuvur bhaya-vihvalah
When, just  returned from Mathura City, the gopas headed by Nanda saw horrible Putana, they  were overcome with fear.
Text 26
chitva kutharais tad-deham gopah sri-yamuna-tate anekas ca citah  kritva dahayam asur eva tam
Cutting it up  with axes, and making many pyres by Sri Yamuna's shore, the gopas burned her  body.
Text 27
ela-lavanga-srikhanda- tagaraguru-gandhi-bhrit dhumo dagdhasya  dehasya pavitrasya samutthitah
The smoke that  rose from her now purified burning body was fragrant as ela, lavanga, srikhanda,  tagra, and aguru.
Text 28
aho krishnam rite kam va vrajama saranam tv iha putanayai  moksha-gatim dadau patita-pavanah
Of whom else but  Krishna will we take shelter? The purifier of the fallen, He gave liberation to  Putana.
Text 29
sri-bahulasva uvaca
keyam va rakshasi purvam putana  bala-ghatini visha-stana dushta-bhava param moksham katham gata
Sri Bahulasva  said: Who was this demoness in her previous birth? Why did evil Putana, who  murdered children by giving them her poisoned breast, attain ultimate  liberation?
Text 30
sri-narada uvaca
bali-yajne vamanasya drishtva rupam atah  param bali-kanya ratnamala putra-sneham cakara ha
Seeing the form  of Lord Vamana in Bali Maharaja's yajna, Bali's daughter Ratnamala felt for the  Lord (a mother's) love for her son.
Text 31
etadriso yadi bhaved balas tam hi suci-smitam payayami stanam  tena prasannam me manas tada
(She thought:) If  I had a son like Him, then I would give that gloriously smiling son the milk  from my breast to drink. In that way my heart would become happy.
Text 32
baleh parama-bhaktasya sutayai vamano harih manorathas tu te  bhuyan manasy api varam dadau
"May your desire  be fulfilled." In this way the Personality of Godhead, Lord Vamana, gave a  blessing in his heart to the daughter of His great devotee Bali Maharaja.
Text 33
sabhavad dvaparante vai putana nama  visruta sri-krishna-sparsa-sambhuta param prapta-manoratha
At the end of  Dvapara-yuga she became known as Putana. Then, by Lord Krishna's touch, she  attained her desire.
Text 34
yah putana-moksham imam srinoti krishnasya devasya parat  parasya bhaktir bhavet prema-yutapi tasya tri-varga-suddhih kim u  maithilendra
O king of  Mithila, a person who hears of Putana's liberation will become purified of the  three material desires and will attain pure love and devotion for Lord Krishna,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than the greatest.
       
This chapter also describes the sacred Krsna Kavacha that mother Yasoda chanted to protect Krsna this Kavacha is alsodescribed in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.6.22 to 26 and perefect to chant for the protection of children:
SB 10.6.22-23: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī informed Mahārāja Parīkṣit that the gopīs, following the proper system, protected Kṛṣṇa, their child, with this mantra.] May Aja protect Your legs, may Maṇimān protect Your knees, Yajña Your thighs, Acyuta the upper part of Your waist, and Hayagrīva Your abdomen. May Keśava protect Your heart, Īśa Your chest, the sun-god Your neck, Viṣṇu Your arms, Urukrama Your face, and Īśvara Your head. May Cakrī protect You from the front; may Śrī Hari, Gadādharī, the carrier of the club, protect You from the back; and may the carrier of the bow, who is known as the enemy of Madhu, and Lord Ajana, the carrier of the sword, protect Your two sides. May Lord Urugāya, the carrier of the conchshell, protect You from all corners; may Upendra protect You from above; may Garuḍa protect You on the ground; and may Lord Haladhara, the Supreme Person, protect You on all sides.
SB 10.6.24: May Hṛṣīkeśa protect Your senses, and Nārāyaṇa Your life air. May the master of Śvetadvīpa protect the core of Your heart, and may Lord Yogeśvara protect Your mind.
SB 10.6.25-26: May Lord Pṛśnigarbha protect Your intelligence, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead Your soul. While You are playing, may Govinda protect You, and while You are sleeping may Mādhava protect You. May Lord Vaikuṇṭha protect You while You are walking, and may Lord Nārāyaṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune, protect You while You are sitting. Similarly, may Lord Yajñabhuk, the fearful enemy of all evil planets, always protect You while You enjoy life.
The killing of Putana is described by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Caitanya siksamrta:
(1) Killing of Putana- Putana is a deceitful Guru, teaching enjoyment and  salvation. So crafty sadhus who are fond of these represent Putana-tattva. For  showing mercy to His pure devotees, child Krishna kills Putana to safeguard His  new born feeling in their hearts. (Sri Caitanya Shikshamritam p. 242.)
Even if Krsna does not kill such a bogus Guru ,he will reveal his real nature in cause of time.....so one can reject such a bogus Guru.
Srila Sanatana Goswami has described this lila in his Krsna Stava:
This is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas article about Putana Tattva

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