SB 10.12.41
Devanāgarī
श्रीराजोवाच ब्रह्मन्कालान्तरकृतं तत्कालीनं कथं भवेत् । यत् कौमारे हरिकृतं जगु: पौगण्डकेऽर्भका: ॥ ४१ ॥
Text
śrī-rājovāca brahman kālāntara-kṛtaṁ tat-kālīnaṁ kathaṁ bhavet yat kaumāre hari-kṛtaṁ jaguḥ paugaṇḍake ’rbhakāḥ
Synonyms
śrī-rājāuvāca—Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired;brahman—O learnedbrāhmaṇa(Śukadeva Gosvāmī);kāla-antara-kṛtam—things done in the past, at a different time (in thekaumāraage);tat-kālīnam—described as happening now (in thepaugaṇḍaage);kathambhavet—how could it be so;yat—which pastime;kaumāre—in thekaumāraage;hari-kṛtam—was done by Kṛṣṇa;jaguḥ—they described;paugaṇḍake—in thepaugaṇḍaage (after one year);arbhakāḥ—all the boys.
Translation
Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired: O great sage, how could things done in the past have been described as being done at the present? Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa performed this pastime of killing Aghāsura during His kaumāra age. How then, during His paugaṇḍa age, could the boys have described this incident as having happened recently?