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SB 10.26.3

Devanāgarī

य: सप्तहायनो बाल: करेणैकेन लीलया । कथं बिभ्रद् गिरिवरं पुष्करं गजराडिव ॥ ३ ॥

Text

yaḥ sapta-hāyano bālaḥ kareṇaikena līlayā kathaṁ bibhrad giri-varaṁ puṣkaraṁ 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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