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## Chapter Thirty-Five
Someone, my enemy, is growing somewhere unseen. Quickly, you, without any compassion, find him and put him in the jaws of death. ||40||
Having accepted this, the goddesses departed. One of them, quickly assuming the form of a fierce bird, attacked the child Krishna with her beak. But Krishna, grabbing her beak, squeezed so hard that she, terrified, fled with a loud shriek. ||41||
Another goddess, assuming the form of a Putana, a demoness, approached and tried to feed him her poisoned breast. But Krishna, being protected by the gods, had a very hard mouth. He sucked so hard on the tip of her breast that she cried out in pain. ||42||
The child Krishna sometimes slept, sometimes sat, sometimes crawled on his chest, sometimes walked with stumbling feet, sometimes ran around, sometimes sang sweetly, and sometimes spent his days and nights eating butter. ||43||
A third demoness, assuming the form of a chariot, came before them. But Krishna, though a child, was fearless, radiant like the Anjanagiri mountain, and a man destined for great achievements. He kicked her hard and destroyed her. ||44||
One day, due to excessive mischief, Yashoda tied Krishna's foot to a mortar with a rope. On that same day, two enemy goddesses, Jamala and Arjuna, assuming the form of trees, tried to torment him. But even in that situation, Krishna threw them down and drove them away. ||45||
In the beginning of his auspicious childhood, Sunanda Gop and Yashoda, seeing his wondrous power, were amazed and praised him. That wonderful, charming child grew up in the forest. ||46||
One day, seeing a herd of cows being driven by a cowherd, he saw a fierce sound coming from the other side. He, with a strong throat, killed the sound that was like a vast ocean filling up. ||47||
We are all goddesses who have attained perfection through our past austerities. Tell us what you want. Except for Balabhadra and Narayana, tell us which enemy of Kansa can be destroyed in an instant. ||38-39||
Kansa said, "There is an enemy of mine who is growing somewhere in secret. You, without any compassion, quickly find him and put him in the jaws of death - kill him." ||40||