एकदारोहमारूढं लालयन्ती सुतं सती । गरिमाणं शिशोर्वोढुं न सेहे गिरिकूटवत् ॥ १८ ॥
ekadāroham ārūḍhaṁ lālayantī sutaṁ satī garimāṇaṁ śiśor voḍhuṁ na sehe giri-kūṭavat
- ekadā
- one time (estimated to have been when Kṛṣṇa was one year old)
- āroham
- on His mother’s lap
- ārūḍham
- who was sitting
- lālayantī
- was patting
- sutam
- her son
- satī
- mother Yaśodā
- garimāṇam
- because of an increase in heaviness
- śiśoḥ
- of the child
- voḍhum
- to bear Him
- na
- not
- sehe
- was able
- giri-kūṭa-vat
- appearing like the weight of a mountain peak
One day, a year after Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, mother Yaśodā was patting her son on her lap. But suddenly she felt the child to be heavier than a mountain peak, and she could no longer bear His weight.