Krishna said, 'Who brought the ball to this place? I have come to fulfill his wish.' Hearing His fearless words, terror filled her mind. Her chitta, which had been drawn to God, now turned back in alarm toward her husband. Her mind rushed back to her husband's side: 'Some calamity has come upon us.' Above, the water stretches without end, a bottomless ocean brimming full. 'By what path did He come here? He appeared suddenly, out of nowhere.' 'He looks small, but His words are mighty.' He spoke boldly and without fear. He woke the Kaliya serpent from sleep. The serpent rose in billowing coils of venom. The waters of the Yamuna boiled and overflowed, with Death-like fury roaring. The purpose for which Narayana had come was fulfilled: the two faced each other. Words were exchanged between them, leading to the confrontation of battle. Kaliya, brooding and enraged, snarled, 'I will swallow you whole.' He lunged, but Hari struck him with His fists. Then Kaliya saw death before his eyes, as though his very life was being torn away. Kaliya summoned his kin. Hordes of serpents gathered from every side. They coiled around Hari and saturated Him with their venom. Says Tuka, against those without devotion, Krishna summoned the thought of Garuda.

He says, who brought the ball to this place? I have come to satisfy his wish. Hearing His hard, fearless words, her mind was filled with fear. Her chitta had been on God; now first it turned quickly back. Quickly her mind ran to her husband: some calamity has come on us. Above, the water has no end, no shore; a vast unshaken sea is brimming. By what path did He come and pass? She saw Him there all at once. All at once, who knows, He has appeared here; He looks small, but his words are big. He speaks boldly, no fear in his mind, and he has roused Kaliya awake. The death-serpent was wakened then, and rose in billows of venom. A flood came over the Yamuna's pool, with the roar of Death itself. The purpose for which Narayana came was met: the two stood face to face. Words passed between the two, the speech that leads to battle. Brooding and enraged, Kaliya snarls with his mouth, I will swallow you whole. At leisure he rears up to strike from above; then Hari answers with a blow of His fist. By that blow death looms before the serpent, as if his life is being torn away. Kaliya remembers and calls his kin, and many serpent clans gather. In the joining of the fray they seize Hari, and He is wholly wrapped in venom. Tuka says: against these there is nothing but devotion; in His mind He called the thought of Garuda.