Thedemon Aṣhāsura assumed the form ofa huge pyhon as thick as a mountain and aslons as eight miles. Having assumed this wonderful python's body, he spread his mouth like a big
mountain cave and lay down on the road, expecting to swallow Kṛṣṇa and His cowherd boyfriends.
The demon expanded his mouth from land to sky. At first the boys thought the demon was a statue, but after examining it, they saw that it was in reality a big serpent lying down on the road and widening its mouth. Fully confident of Kṛṣṇa's protection, the boys marched into the mouth of the gigantic serpent with their calves—and they all died
Then Kṛṣṇa considered how the demon should be killed and how He could revive the boys and calves.Fīnally He entered the mouth of the demon and immediately began to expand Himself within the demon's throat. Although Aghāsura had a gigantic body, Kṛṣṇa choked him by expanding in his throat. After the demon died, Kṛṣṇa revived all the boys and calves with His transcendental glance and led them out of the demon's mouth.
ANDJADURĀNI-DEVĪ Dāsī