उलूखलं विकर्षन्तं दाम्ना बद्धं च बालकम् । कस्येदं कुत आश्चर्यमुत्पात इति कातरा: ॥ ३ ॥
ulūkhalaṁ vikarṣantaṁ dāmnā baddhaṁ ca bālakam kasyedaṁ kuta āścaryam utpāta iti kātarāḥ
- ulūkhalam
- the wooden mortar
- vikarṣantam
- dragging
- dāmnā
- with the rope
- baddham ca
- and bound by the belly
- bālakam
- Kṛṣṇa
- kasya
- of whom
- idam
- this
- kutaḥ
- wherefrom
- āścaryam
- these wonderful happenings
- utpātaḥ
- disturbance
- iti
- thus
- kātarāḥ
- they were very much agitated
Kṛṣṇa was bound by the rope to the ulūkhala, the mortar, which He was dragging. But how could He have pulled down the trees? Who had actually done it? Where was the source for this incident? Considering all these astounding things, the cowherd men were doubtful and bewildered.