Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 14: Brahmā's Prayers to Lord Krishna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.43

ekasminn api yāte 'bde

prāneśam cāntarātmanah

krishna-māyāhatā rājan

kshanārdham menire 'rbhakāh

SYNONYMS

ekasmin — one; api — although; yāte — having passed; abde — year; prāna-īśam — the Lord of their lives; ca — and; antarā — without; ātmanah — of themselves; krishna — of Lord Krishna; māyā — by the illusory potency; āhatāh — covered; rājanO King; kshana-ardham — half a moment; menire — they thought; arbhakāh — the boys.

TRANSLATION

O King, although the boys had passed an entire year apart from the Lord of their very lives, they had been covered by Lord Krishna's illusory potency and thus considered that year merely half a moment.

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