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Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

Verse 4 of 57
SB 10.11.4

बाला ऊचुरनेनेति तिर्यग्गतमुलूखलम् विकर्षता मध्यगेन पुरुषावप्यचक्ष्महि

bālā ūcur aneneti tiryag-gatam ulūkhalam vikarṣatā madhya-gena puruṣāv apy acakṣmahi

Synonyms

bālāḥall the other boys; ūcuḥsaid; anenaby Him (Kṛṣṇa); itithus; tiryakcrosswise; gatamwhich had become; ulūkhalamthe wooden mortar; vikarṣatāby Kṛṣṇa, who was dragging; madhya-genagoing between the two trees; puruṣautwo beautiful persons; apialso; acakṣmahiwe have seen with our own eyes..

Translation

Then all the cowherd boys said: It is Kṛṣṇa who has done this. When He was in between the two trees, the mortar fell crosswise. Kṛṣṇa dragged the mortar, and the two trees fell down. After that, two beautiful men came out of the trees. We have seen this with our own eyes.

Purport

Kṛṣṇa's playmates wanted to inform Kṛṣṇa's father of the exact situation by explaining that not only did the trees break, but out of the broken trees came two beautiful men. "All these things happened," they said. "We have seen them with our own eyes."

Verse 4 of 57
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