Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.20.18

kanvah kumarasya vane

cakre samucitah kriyah

baddhva mrigendram tarasa

kridati sma sa balakah

SYNONYMS

kanvah -- Kanva Muni; kumarasya -- of the son born of Sakuntala; vane -- in the forest; cakre -- executed; samucitah -- prescribed; kriyah -- ritualistic ceremonies; baddhva -- capturing; mriga-indram -- a lion; tarasa -- by force; kridati -- playing; sma -- in the past; sah -- he; balakah -- the child.

TRANSLATION

In the forest, Kanva Muni performed all the ritualistic ceremonies concerning the newborn child. Later, the boy became so powerful that he would capture a lion and play with it.

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