tÄla-trayaá¹ mahÄ-sÄraá¹
dhanur yaá¹£á¹im ivebha-rÄá¹
babhañjaikena hastena
saptÄham adadhÄd girim
tÄla-trayam - as long as three palm trees; mahÄ-sÄram - extremely solid; dhanuḥ - the bow; yaá¹£á¹im - a stick; iva - as; ibha-rÄá¹ - a royal elephant; babhañja - He broke; ekena - with one; hastena - hand; sapta-aham - for seven days; adadhÄt - held; girim - a mountain.
With the ease of a royal elephant breaking a stick, Kṛṣṇa broke a powerful, giant bow three tÄlas long. He also held a mountain aloft for seven days with just one hand.
According to Ä€cÄrya ViÅ›vanÄtha, a tÄla (“palm treeâ€) is a measurement of about sixty hastas, or ninety feet. Thus the great bow Kṛṣṇa broke was two hundred seventy feet long.
