kṛkalāsam - a lizard; giri - a mountain; nibham - resembling; vīkṣya - looking at; vismita - astonished; mānasāḥ - whose minds; tasya - of it; ca - and; uddharaṇe - in the lifting up; yatnam - effort; cakruḥ - made; te - they; kṛpayā anvitāḥ - feeling compassion.

The boys were astonished to behold this creature, a lizard who looked like a hill. They felt sorry for it and tried to lift it out of the well.