Text 32] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 389

qa easteataa aq feats Aa
Ta AAtTAATHRE ASIST 1122

gopair makhe pratihate vraja-viplavaya
deve "bhivarsati pasiin krpayda riraksuh

dhartocchilindhram iva sapta-dinani sapta-
varso mahidhram anaghaikakare salilam

gopaih—by the cowherd men; makhe—in offering a sacrifice to the King
of heaven; pratihate—being hampered; vraja-viplavaya—for devastating the
whole existence of Vrajabhimi, the land of Krsna’s pastimes; deve—by
the King of heaven; abhivarsati—having poured down heavy rain; pasiin—
the animals; krpaya—by causeless mercy upon them; riraksuh—desired to
protect them; dharta—held up; ucchilindhram—uprooted as an umbrella;
iva—exactly like that; sapta-dindni—continuously for seven days; sapta-
varsah—although He was only seven years old; mahidhram—the Govardhana
Hill; anagha—without being tired; ekakare—in one hand only; salilam—

playfully.
TRANSLATION

When the cowherd men of Vrndavana stopped offering sacrifice to the
heavenly King, Indra, under instruction of Krsna, the whole tract of land
known as Vraja was threatened to be washed away by constant heavy
rains for seven days. Lord Krsna, 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 Krsna, when He was seven years old only, could snatch the
great hill known as the Govardhana Parvata at Vrndavana and hold it for
seven days continually with one hand, just to protect the animals and the
inhabitants of Vrndavana from the wrath of Indra, the heavenly King, who
was denied sacrificial offering by the inhabitants of Vrajabhimi.
