SB 10.26.3

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 26: Wonderful Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.26.2

SB 10.26.4

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 3

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?