304 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12

TRANSLATION

Sri Sita Gosvami said: O learned saints, the childhood pastimes
of Sri Krsna are very wonderful. Maharaja Parikgit, after hearing
about those pastimes of Krsna, who had saved him in the womb of
his mother, became steady in his mind and again inquired from
Sukadeva Gosvami to hear about those pious activities.

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AA HONGT Teast We wag |
AL AWA EGA TT: MMS ETA: WLI

$ri-rdjovaca
brahman kalantara-krtam

tat-kalinam katham bhavet
yat kaumare hari-krtam

jaguh paugandake ’rbhakah

Sri-rdja. wvGca—Maharaja Pariksit inquired; brahman—O learned
brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami); kdla-antara-krtam—things done in the
past, at a different time (in the kaumdra age); tat-kalinam—de-
scribed as happening now (in the pauganda age); katham bhavet—how
could it be so; yat—which pastime; kawmare—in the kaumara age;
hari-krtam—was done by Krsna; jaguh—they described; paugandake —
in the pauganda age (after one year); arbhakah—all the boys.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Parikgit inquired: O great sage, how could things done
in the past have been described as being done at the present? Lord
Sri Krsna performed this pastime of killing Aghasura during His
kaumara age. How then, during His pauganda age, could the boys
have described this incident as having happened recently?

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a He F HPs Wt lies TT |
AMAT AT AAA ARNT UVM
