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SB 10.26.5

Devanāgarī

हिन्वतोऽध: शयानस्य मास्यस्य चरणावुदक् । अनोऽपतद् विपर्यस्तं रुदत: प्रपदाहतम् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

hinvato ’dhaḥ śayānasya māsyasya caraṇāv udak ano ’patad viparyastaṁ rudataḥ prapadāhatam

Synonyms

hinvataḥ—moving;adhaḥ—beneath;śayānasya—of Him who was lying;māsyasya—the child only a few months old;caraṇau—His two feet;udak—upwards;anaḥ—the cart;apatat—fell;viparyastam—turned upside-down;rudataḥ—of Him who was crying;prapada—by the tip of the foot;āhatam—struck.

Translation

Once, when only three months old, little Kṛṣṇa was crying and kicking up His feet as He lay beneath a huge cart. Then the cart fell and turned upside-down simply because it was struck by the tip of His toe.

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