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ŚB 10.57.16

Devanagari

य: सप्तहायन: शैलमुत्पाट्यैकेन पाणिना ।
दधार लीलया बाल उच्छिलीन्ध्रमिवार्भक: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

yaḥ sapta-hāyanaḥ śailam
utpāṭyaikena pāṇinā
dadhāra līlayā bāla
ucchilīndhram ivārbhakaḥ

Synonyms

yaḥ — who; sapta — seven; hāyanaḥ — years of age; śailam — a mountain; utpāṭya — uprooting; ekena — with a single; pāṇinā — hand; dadhāra — held up; līlayā — as play; bālaḥ — a mere child; ucchilīndhram — a mushroom; iva — as; arbhakaḥ — a boy.

Translation

“As a child of seven, Kṛṣṇa uprooted an entire mountain and held it aloft as easily as a young boy picks up a mushroom.