गोपैर्मखे प्रतिहते व्रजविप्लवाय देवेऽभिवर्षति पशून् कृपया रिरक्षु: । धर्तोच्छिलीन्ध्रमिव सप्तदिनानि सप्त- वर्षो महीध्रमनघैककरे सलीलम् ॥ ३२ ॥
gopair makhe pratihate vraja-viplavaya deve ’bhivarsati pasun krpaya riraksuh dhartocchilindhram iva sapta-dinani sapta- varso mahidhram anaghaika-kare salilam
- gopaih
- by the cowherd men
- makhe
- in offering a sacrifice to the King of heaven
- pratihate
- being hampered
- vraja-viplavaya
- for devastating the whole existence of Vrajabhumi, the land of Krsna’s pastimes
- deve
- by the King of heaven
- abhivarsati
- having poured down heavy rain
- pasun
- the animals
- krpaya
- by causeless mercy upon them
- riraksuh
- desired to protect them
- dharta
- held up
- ucchilindhram
- uprooted as an umbrella
- iva
- exactly like that
- sapta-dinani
- continuously for seven days
- sapta-varsah
- although He was only seven years old
- mahidhram
- the Govardhana Hill
- anagha
- without being tired
- eka-kare
- in one hand only
- salilam
- playfully
When the cowherd men of Vrndavana, under instruction of Krsna, stopped offering sacrifice to the heavenly King, Indra, the whole tract of land known as Vraja was threatened with being washed away by constant heavy rains for seven days. Lord Krsna, out of His causeless mercy upon the inhabitants of Vraja, held up the hill known as Govardhana with one hand only, although He was only seven years old. He did this to protect the animals from the onslaught of water.