cÄṇūra uvÄca
na bÄlo na kiÅ›oras tvaá¹
balaÅ› ca balinÄá¹ varaḥ
līlayebho hato yena
sahasra-dvipa-sattva-bhá¹›t

 cÄṇūraḥ uvÄca - CÄṇūra said; na - not; bÄlaḥ - a boy; na - not; kiÅ›oraḥ - a youth; tvam - You; balaḥ - BalarÄma; ca - and; balinÄm - of the strong; varaḥ - the best; lÄ«layÄ - as play; ibhaḥ - the elephant; hataḥ - killed; yena - by whom; sahasra - of one thousand; dvipa - elephants; sattva - of the strength; bhá¹›t - the bearer.


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CÄṇūra said: You aren’t really a child or even a young man, and neither is BalarÄma, the strongest of the strong. After all, You playfully killed an elephant who had the strength of a thousand other elephants.

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