ity uktvaikena hastena
kṛtvā govardhanācalam
dadhāra līlayā viṣṇuś
chatrākam iva bālakaḥ
iti -- thus; uktva -- having spoken; ekena -- with one; hastena -- hand; kritva -- taking; govardhana-acalam -- Govardhana Hill; dadhara -- He held it; lilaya -- very easily; vishnuh -- Lord Vishnu; chatrakam -- a mushroom; iva -- just as; balakah -- a child.
Having said this, Lord Krishna, who is Vishnu Himself, picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand and held it aloft just as easily as a child holds up a mushroom.
It is confirmed in the Hari-vamsa that Sri Krishna picked up the Govardhana Mountain with His left hand: sa dhritah sangato meghair girih savyena panina. "With His left hand He picked up that mountain, which was touching the clouds." According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, when Lord Krishna was preparing to lift Govardhana Hill, a partial expansion of His Yogamaya potency named Samhariki temporarily removed all the rain from the sky so that as He ran very swiftly from the porch of His house to the mountain, neither His turban nor other garments became wet.
