evaá¹ vihÄraiḥ kaumÄraiḥ
kaumÄraá¹ jahatur vraje
nilÄyanaiḥ setu-bandhair
markaá¹otplavanÄdibhiḥ
evam - in this way; vihÄraiḥ - by different pastimes; kaumÄraiḥ - childish; kaumÄram - the age of childhood; jahatuḥ - (Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma) passed; vraje - in VrajabhÅ«mi; nilÄyanaiḥ - by playing hide-and-seek; setu-bandhaiḥ - by constructing an artificial bridge on the ocean; markaá¹a - like the monkeys; utplavana-Ädibhiḥ - by jumping here and there, etc.
In this way Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma passed Their childhood age in VrajabhÅ«mi by engaging in activities of childish play, such as playing hide-and-seek, constructing a make-believe bridge on the ocean, and jumping here and there like monkeys.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.â€
