ŚB 10.43.39
Devanagari
चाणूर उवाच
न बालो न किशोरस्त्वं बलश्च बलिनां वर: । लीलयेभो हतो येन सहस्रद्विपसत्त्वभृत् ॥ ३९ ॥
न बालो न किशोरस्त्वं बलश्च बलिनां वर: । लीलयेभो हतो येन सहस्रद्विपसत्त्वभृत् ॥ ३९ ॥
Verse text
cāṇūra uvāca
na bālo na kiśoras tvaṁ
balaś ca balināṁ varaḥ
līlayebho hato yena
sahasra-dvipa-sattva-bhṛt
na bālo na kiśoras tvaṁ
balaś ca balināṁ varaḥ
līlayebho hato yena
sahasra-dvipa-sattva-bhṛt
Synonyms
cāṇūraḥ uvāca — Cāṇūra said; na — not; bālaḥ — a boy; na — not; kiśoraḥ — a youth; tvam — You; balaḥ — Balarāma; ca — and; balinām — of the strong; varaḥ — the best; līlayā — as play; ibhaḥ — the elephant; hataḥ — killed; yena — by whom; sahasra — of one thousand; dvipa — elephants; sattva — of the strength; bhṛt — the bearer.
Translation
Cāṇūra said: You aren’t really a child or even a young man, and neither is Balarāma, the strongest of the strong. After all, You playfully killed an elephant who had the strength of a thousand other elephants.