Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.18.21

ācerur vividhāḥ krīḍā

vāhya-vāhaka-lakṣaṇāḥ

yatrārohanti jetāro

vahanti ca parājitāḥ

SYNONYMS

āceruḥ — they performed; vividhāḥ — various; krīḍāḥ — sports; vāhya — by the carried; vāhaka — the carrier; lakṣaṇāḥ — characterized; yatra — in which; ārohanti — climb; jetāraḥ — the winners; vahanti — carry; ca — and; parājitāḥ — the defeated.

TRANSLATION

The boys played various games involving carriers and passengers. In these games the winners would climb up on the backs of the losers, who would have to carry them.

PURPORT

Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī quotes the following relevant verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.9.12):

hariṇākrīḍanaḿ nāma

bāla-krīdaṇakaḿ tataḥ

prakrīḍatā hi te sarve

dvau dvau yugapad utpatan

"They then played the childhood game known as hariṇākrīḍanam, in which each boy paired off with an opponent and all the boys simultaneously attacked their respective rivals."

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