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ŚB 10.26.3

Devanagari

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?