222 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 11

TRANSLATION

‘Krsna was bound by the rope to the ulakhala, the mortar, which
He was dragging. But how could He have pulled down the trees?
Who had actually done it? Where was the source for this incident?
Considering all these astounding things, the cowherd men were

doubtful and bewildered.

PURPORT

The cowherd men were very much agitated because the child Krsna,
after all, had been standing between the two trees, and if by chance the
trees had fallen upon Him, He would have been smashed. But He was
standing as He was, and still the things had happened, so who had done
all this? How could these events have happened in such a wonderful
way? These considerations were some of the reasons they were agitated
and bewildered. They thought, however, that by chance Krsna had been
saved by God so that nothing had happened to Him.

TEXT 4

Tat saa Raa |
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bala ticur aneneti
tiryag-gatam ulikhalam

vikarsata madhya-gena
purusdv apy acaksmahi

balah—all the other boys; dcuh—said; anena—by Him (Krsna);
iti—thus; tiryak—crosswise; gatam—which had become; ulikhalam—
the wooden mortar; vikarsata—by Krsna, who was dragging; madhya-
gena—going between the two trees; purusau—two beautiful persons:
api—also; acaksmahi—we have seen with our own eyes.

TRANSLATION

Then all the cowherd boys said: It is Krsna who has done this.
When He was in between the two trees, the mortar fell crosswise.
Krsna dragged the mortar, and the two trees fell down. After that,
