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The baby Krishna, who resembled a fire covered by ashes, looked upon Putana and thought that He would have to kill her. Putana could understand the great potency of Krishna, but, enchanted by the influence of Krishna's internal energy, she took Krishna upon her lap anyway and offered Him her poison-smeared breast to suck.
Suddenly baby Krishna became very angry at Putana, and taking hold ofher breast, He squeezed it very hard with both hands and began to suck out both the poison and her life.
In unbearable agony, Putana perspired heavily, flailed her arms and legs wildly, and cried out, "Please leave me, leave me! Suck my breast no longer!"
But Krishna persisted, and as the demoness lost her life, she assumed her original, huge form. Then, before the amazed gopis Krishna began fearlessly playing on the breast of Putana's twelve-mile-long corpse.
