SB 10.18.21
Devanāgarī
आचेरुर्विविधा: क्रीडा वाह्यवाहकलक्षणा: । यत्रारोहन्ति जेतारो वहन्ति च पराजिता: ॥ २१ ॥
Text
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):
hariṇākrīḍanaṁ nāma bāla-krīdaṇakaṁ 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.”
hariṇākrīḍanaṁ nāma bāla-krīdaṇakaṁ 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.”