य: सप्तहायनो बाल: करेणैकेन लीलया । कथं बिभ्रद् गिरिवरं पुष्करं गजराडिव ॥ ३ ॥
yaḥ sapta-hāyano bālaḥ kareṇaikena līlayā kathaṁ bibhrad giri-varaṁ puṣkaraṁ gaja-rāḍ iva
- 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
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?