ká¹£ut-tá¹›á¸-vyathÄá¹ sukhÄpeká¹£Äá¹
hitvÄ tair vraja-vÄsibhiḥ
vÄ«ká¹£yamÄṇo dadhÄrÄdriá¹
saptÄhaá¹ nÄcalat padÄt
ká¹£ut - of hunger; tṛṠ- and thirst; vyathÄm - the pain; sukha - of personal happiness; apeká¹£Äm - all consideration; hitvÄ - putting aside; taiḥ - by them; vraja-vÄsibhiḥ - the residents of Vraja; vÄ«ká¹£yamÄṇaḥ - being glanced upon; dadhÄra - He held; adrim - the mountain; sapta-aham - for seven days; na acalat - He did not move; padÄt - from that place .
Lord Kṛṣṇa, forgetting hunger and thirst and putting aside all considerations of personal pleasure, stood there holding up the hill for seven days as the people of Vraja gazed upon Him.
According to the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa:
vrajaika-vÄsibhir hará¹£a-
vismitÄká¹£air niṛīká¹£itaḥ
gopa-gopÄ«-janair hṛṣá¹aiḥ
prÄ«ti-visphÄriteká¹£aṇaiḥ
saá¹stÅ«yamÄna-caritaḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ Å›ailam adhÄrayat
“Lord Kṛṣṇa held up the mountain while His praises were chanted by the residents of Vraja, all of whom now had the opportunity to dwell together with Him, and who glanced at Him with joyful and amazed eyes. Thus the cowherd men and women were all elated, and out of loving affection they opened their eyes wide.â€
By continuously drinking the nectar of the beauty and sweetness of ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana felt no hunger, thirst or fatigue, and Lord Kṛṣṇa, by seeing their beautiful forms, also forgot about eating, drinking and sleeping. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura points out that seven days of continuous rain from the SÄá¹vartaka clouds failed to flood the district of MathurÄ because the Supreme Lord, simply by His potency, immediately dried up the water as it fell to the ground. Thus Kṛṣṇa’s lifting of Govardhana Hill is full of fascinating details and has for thousands of years remained one of His most famous pastimes.
