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ŚB 10.14.43

Devanagari

एकस्मिन्नपि यातेऽब्दे प्राणेशं चान्तरात्मन: ।
कृष्णमायाहता राजन् क्षणार्धं मेनिरेऽर्भका: ॥ ४३ ॥

Text

ekasminn api yāte ’bde
prāṇeśaṁ cāntarātmanaḥ
kṛṣṇa-māyāhatā rājan
kṣaṇārdhaṁ menire ’rbhakāḥ

Synonyms

ekasmin — one; api — although; yāte — having passed; abde — year; prāṇa-īśam — the Lord of their lives; ca — and; antarā — without; ātmanaḥ — of themselves; kṛṣṇa — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; māyā — by the illusory potency; āhatāḥ — covered; rājan — O King; kṣaṇa-ardham — half a moment; menire — they thought; arbhakāḥ — the boys.

Translation

O King, although the boys had passed an entire year apart from the Lord of their very lives, they had been covered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency and thus considered that year merely half a moment.