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  "name":"SB 10.11.59",
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  "label":"Text 59",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.11.59",
  "description":"In this way Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma passed Their childhood age in Vrajabhūmi by engaging in activities of childish play, such as playing hide-and-seek, constructing a make-believe bridge on the ocean, and jumping here and there like monkeys."

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SB 10.11.59

Text

evaṁ vihāraiḥ kaumāraiḥ
kaumāraṁ jahatur vraje
nilāyanaiḥ setu-bandhair
markaṭotplavanādibhiḥ

Synonyms

evam—in this way; vihāraiḥ—by different pastimes; kaumāraiḥ—childish; kaumāram—the age of childhood; jahatuḥ—(Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma) passed; vraje—in Vrajabhūmi; nilāyanaiḥ—by playing hide-and-seek; setu-bandhaiḥ—by constructing an artificial bridge on the ocean; markaṭa—like the monkeys; utplavana-ādibhiḥ—by jumping here and there, etc.

Translation

In this way Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma passed Their childhood age in Vrajabhūmi by engaging in activities of childish play, such as playing hide-and-seek, constructing a make-believe bridge on the ocean, and jumping here and there like monkeys.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.”