# SB 10.11.43 ## Text > gṛhītvāpara-pādābhyāṁ > saha-lāṅgūlam acyutaḥ > bhrāmayitvā kapitthāgre > prāhiṇod gata-jīvitam > sa kapitthair mahā-kāyaḥ > pātyamānaiḥ papāta ha ## Synonyms *gṛhītvā*—capturing; *apara*-*pādābhyām*—with the hind legs; *saha*—along with; *lāṅgūlam*—the tail; *acyutaḥ*—Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *bhrāmayitvā*—twirling around very severely; *kapittha*-*agre*—on the top of a *kapittha* tree; *prāhiṇot*—threw him; *gata*-*jīvitam*—lifeless body; *saḥ*—that demon; *kapitthaiḥ*—with the *kapittha* trees; *mahā*-*kāyaḥ*—assumed a great body; *pātyamānaiḥ*—and while the tree fell down; *papāta* *ha*—he fell dead on the ground. ## Translation **Thereafter, Śrī Kṛṣṇa caught the demon by the hind legs and tail, twirled the demon's whole body very strongly until the demon was dead, and threw him into the top of a kapittha tree, which then fell down, along with the body of the demon, who had assumed a great form.** ## Purport Kṛṣṇa killed the demon in such a way as to get the *kapittha* fruits to fall so that He and Balarāma and the other boys could take advantage of the opportunity to eat them. The *kapittha* is sometimes called *kṣatbelphala.* The pulp of this fruit is very palatable. It is sweet and sour, and everyone likes it.