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?