Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.39

cāṇūra uvāca

na bālo na kiśoras tvaḿ

balaś ca balināḿ varaḥ

līlayebho hato yena

sahasra-dvipa-sattva-bhṛt

SYNONYMS

cāṇūraḥ uvāca — Cāṇūra said; na — not; bālaḥ — a boy; na — not; kiśoraḥ — a youth; tvam — You; balaḥ — Balarāma; ca — and; balinām — of the strong; varaḥ — the best; līlayā — as play; ibhaḥ — the elephant; hataḥ — killed; yena — by whom; sahasra — of one thousand; dvipa — elephants; sattva — of the strength; bhṛt — the bearer.

TRANSLATION

Cāṇūra said: You aren't really a child or even a young man, and neither is Balarāma, the strongest of the strong. After all, You playfully killed an elephant who had the strength of a thousand other elephants.

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