Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.26.3
yaḥ sapta-hāyano bālaḥ
kareṇaikena līlayā
kathaḿ bibhrad giri-varaḿ
puṣkaraḿ gaja-rāḍ iva
SYNONYMS
yaḥ — who; sapta-hāyanaḥ — seven years of age; bālaḥ — a boy; kareṇa — with a hand; ekena — one; līlayā — playfully; katham — how; bibhrat — He held up; giri-varam — the best of mountains, Govardhana; puṣkaram — a lotus flower; gaja-rāṭ — a mighty elephant; iva — as.
TRANSLATION
How could this seven-year-old boy playfully hold up the great hill Govardhana with one hand, just as a mighty elephant holds up a lotus flower?
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