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Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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धर्तोच्छिलीन्ध्रमिव सप्त दिनानि सप्त-
वर्षो महीध्रमनधैककरे सलीलम् ॥३२॥
gopair makhe pratihate vraja-viplavāya deve 'bhivarṣati paśūn kṛpayā rirakṣuh dhartocchilīndhram iva sapta-dināni sapta- varṣo mahīdhram anaghaikakare salīlam
gopaiḥ —by the cowherd men;  makhe —in offering a sacrifice to the King of heaven;  pratihate —being hampered;  vraja-viplavāya —for devastating the whole existence of Vrajabhūmi, the land of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes;  deve —by the King of heaven;  abhivarṣati —having poured down heavy rain;  paśūn —the animals;  kṛpayā —by causeless mercy upon them;  rirakṣuh —desired to protect them;  dharta —held up;  ucchilīndhram —uprooted as an umbrella;  iva —exactly like that;  sapta-dināni —continuously for seven days;  sapta-varṣaḥ —although He was only seven years old;  mahīdhram —the Govardhana Hill;  anagha —without being tired;  ekakare —in one hand only;  salīlam —playfully.
TRANSLATION
When the cowherd men of Vṛndāvana stopped offering sacrifice to the heavenly King, Indra, under instruction of Kṛṣṇa, the whole tract of land known as Vraja was threatened to be washed away by constant heavy rains for seven days. Lord Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy upon the inhabitants of Vraja, held up the hill known as Govardhana with one hand only, although He was only seven years old. He did this to protect the animals from the onslaught of water.
PURPORT
Children play with an umbrella generally known as a frog's umbrella, and Lord Kṛṣṇa, when He was seven years old only, could snatch the great hill known as the Govardhana Parvata at Vṛndāvana and hold it for seven days continually with one hand, just to protect the animals and the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana from the wrath of Indra, the heavenly King, who was denied sacrificial offering by the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi.