SB 10.11.59

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.11.58 - SB 10.12.1

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 59

evaṁ vihāraiḥ kaumāraiḥ

kaumāraṁ jahatur vraje

nilāyanaiḥ setu-bandhair

markaṭotplavanādibhiḥ

SYNONYMS

evam—in this way; vihāraiḥ—by different pastimes; kaumāraiḥ—childish; kaumāram—the age of childhood; jahatuḥ—(Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma) passed; vraje—in Vrajabhūmi; nilāyanaiḥ—by playing hide-and-seek; setu-bandhaiḥ—by constructing an artificial bridge on the ocean; markaṭa—like the monkeys; utplavana-ādibhiḥ—by jumping here and there, etc.

TRANSLATION

In this way Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma passed Their childhood age in Vrajabhūmi by engaging in activities of childish play, such as playing hide-and-seek, constructing a make-believe bridge on the ocean, and jumping here and there like monkeys.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa."

SB 10.11.58 - SB 10.12.1