ekasmin -- one; api -- although; yate -- having passed; abde -- year; prana-isam -- the Lord of their lives; ca -- and; antara -- without; atmanah -- of themselves; krishna -- of Lord Krishna; maya -- by the illusory potency; ahatah -- covered; rajan -- O King; kshana-ardham -- half a moment; menire -- they thought; arbhakah -- the boys.

O King, although the boys had passed an entire year apart from the Lord of their very lives, they had been covered by Lord Krishna's illusory potency and thus considered that year merely half a moment.