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SB 10.64.3

Devanāgarī

कृकलासं गिरिनिभं वीक्ष्य विस्मितमानसा: । तस्य चोद्धरणे यत्नं चक्रुस्ते कृपयान्विता: ॥ ३ ॥

Text

kṛkalāsaṁ giri-nibhaṁ vīkṣya vismita-mānasāḥ tasya coddharaṇe yatnaṁ cakrus te kṛpayānvitāḥ

Synonyms

kṛkalāsam—a lizard;giri—a mountain;nibham—resembling;vīkṣya—looking at;vismita—astonished;mānasāḥ—whose minds;tasya—of it;ca—and;uddharaṇe—in the lifting up;yatnam—effort;cakruḥ—made;te—they;kṛpayāanvitāḥ—feeling compassion.

Translation

The boys were astonished to behold this creature, a lizard who looked like a hill. They felt sorry for it and tried to lift it out of the well.

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