देवे वर्षति यज्ञविप्लवरुषा वज्राश्मवर्षानिलै:सीदत्पालपशुस्त्रियात्मशरणं दृष्ट्वानुकम्प्युत्स्मयन् । उत्पाट्यैककरेण शैलमबलो लीलोच्छिलीन्ध्रं यथाबिभ्रद् गोष्ठमपान्महेन्द्रमदभित् प्रीयान्न इन्द्रो गवाम् ॥ २५ ॥
deve varṣati yajña-viplava-ruṣā vajrāsma-varṣānilaiḥ sīdat-pāla-paśu-striy ātma-śaraṇaṁ dṛṣṭvānukampy utsmayan utpāṭyaika-kareṇa śailam abalo līlocchilīndhraṁ yathā bibhrad goṣṭham apān mahendra-mada-bhit prīyān na indro gavām
- deve
- when the demigod Indra
- varṣati
- caused rain
- yajña
- of his sacrifice
- viplava
- due to the disturbances
- ruṣā
- out of anger
- vajra
- with lightning bolts
- aśma-varṣa
- hail
- anilaiḥ
- and winds
- sīdat
- suffering
- pāla
- the cowherds
- paśu
- animals
- stri
- and women
- ātma
- Himself
- śaraṇam
- being their only shelter
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- anukampī
- very compassionate by nature
- utsmayan
- smiling broadly
- utpāṭya
- picking up
- eka-kareṇa
- in one hand
- śailam
- the hill, Govardhana
- abalaḥ
- a small child
- līlā
- in play
- ucchilīndhram
- a mushroom
- yathā
- just as
- bibhrat
- He held
- goṣṭham
- the cowherd community
- apāt
- He protected
- mahā-indra
- of King Indra
- mada
- of the false pride
- bhit
- the destroyer
- prīyāt
- may He be satisfied
- naḥ
- with us
- indraḥ
- the Lord
- gavām
- of the cows
Indra became angry when his sacrifice was disrupted, and thus he caused rain and hail to fall on Gokula, accompanied by lightning and powerful winds, all of which brought great suffering to the cowherds, animals and women there. When Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is by nature always compassionate, saw the condition of those who had only Him as their shelter, He smiled broadly and lifted Govardhana Hill with one hand, just as a small child picks up a mushroom to play with it. Holding up the hill, He protected the cowherd community. May He, Govinda, the Lord of the cows and the destroyer of Indra’s false pride, be pleased with us.