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0050/SB 10-2-14

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Painting title	Krsna Confronts the Baka Demon
Artists	Jagat Karana Devi Dasi Dhrti Devi Dasi Ramadasa Abhirama Dasa
Keywords	Krsna Vrndavana Lila Bakasura Asura Demon
Keywords 2017	Krsna Vrndavana Baka Bakasura Asura Demon Crane Heron Duck Cowherd boys Boys Bifurcating Calves Yamuna
Used in books	EN KB 2018 one-vol EN SB 10.2 1977
Keywords status	Updated
Info status	In progress
Source catalog	Art Catalog updated

File info

Image height	6 555 px
Image width	4 675 px
Location	Art 0050
Filename	0050/SB 10-2-14
Colorspace	LAB
File size	87.70 MB

Physical painting info

Medium	oil
Substrate	canvas

Legal info

Copyright owner	BBTI
Year	1977
First publication year	1977

Picture section(s)

EN KB 2018 one-volume EN SB 10.2 1977

Captions

Language	Caption
English	EN KB 2018: While the boys and calves were sitting on the bank of the Yamunā, they saw a huge heron as big as a hill. The name of this beast was Bakāsura, and he was a friend of Kaṁsa’s. The bird attacked Kṛṣṇa with his pointed, sharp beak. All the boys fell in despair. But Bakāsura didn’t know that although Kṛṣṇa was playing the part of a child He was the original father of the universe. Kṛṣṇa caught hold of the two halves of the gigantic heron’s beak and bifurcated his mouth as easily as a child splits a blade of grass.
English	EN SB 10.2 1977: One day all the boys, including Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, brought their respective groups of calves to a reservoir of water to drink. First the animals drank, and then the boys drank also. Right by the reservoir the boys saw a gigantic body resembling a mountain peak broken and struck down by a thunderbolt. The boys were afraid even to see such a huge living being. The great creature was actually a demon in the form of a duck with a very sharp beak. His name was Bakāsura, and having come to the reservoir, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa. When Balarāma and the other boys saw that Kṛṣṇa had been devoured by the gigantic duck, they became almost unconscious, like senses without life.

Language

Caption

English

EN KB 2018: While the boys and calves were sitting on the bank of the Yamunā, they saw a huge heron as big as a hill. The name of this beast was Bakāsura, and he was a friend of Kaṁsa’s. The bird attacked Kṛṣṇa with his pointed, sharp beak. All the boys fell in despair. But Bakāsura didn’t know that although Kṛṣṇa was playing the part of a child He was the original father of the universe. Kṛṣṇa caught hold of the two halves of the gigantic heron’s beak and bifurcated his mouth as easily as a child splits a blade of grass.

English

EN SB 10.2 1977: One day all the boys, including Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, brought their respective groups of calves to a reservoir of water to drink. First the animals drank, and then the boys drank also. Right by the reservoir the boys saw a gigantic body resembling a mountain peak broken and struck down by a thunderbolt. The boys were afraid even to see such a huge living being. The great creature was actually a demon in the form of a duck with a very sharp beak. His name was Bakāsura, and having come to the reservoir, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa. When Balarāma and the other boys saw that Kṛṣṇa had been devoured by the gigantic duck, they became almost unconscious, like senses without life.