Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27
Sanskrit:
तान् वीक्ष्य कृष्ण: सकलाभयप्रदोह्यनन्यनाथान् स्वकरादवच्युतान् ।दीनांश्च मृत्योर्जठराग्निघासान्घृणार्दितो दिष्टकृतेन विस्मित: ॥ २७ ॥
ITRANS:
tān vīkṣya kṛṣṇaḥ sakalābhaya-pradohy ananya-nāthān sva-karād avacyutāndīnāṁś ca mṛtyor jaṭharāgni-ghāsānghṛṇārdito diṣṭa-kṛtena vismitaḥ
Translation:
Kṛṣṇa saw that all the cowherd boys, who did not know anyone but Him as their Lord, had now gone out of His hand and were helpless, having entered like straws into the fire of the abdomen of Aghāsura, who was death personified. It was intolerable for Kṛṣṇa to be separated from His friends the cowherd boys. Therefore, as if seeing that this had been arranged by His internal potency, Kṛṣṇa was momentarily struck with wonder and unsure of what to do.