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श्रीराजोवाच
ब्रह्मन्कालान्तरकृतं तत्कालीनं कथं भवेत् ।
यत्कौमारे हरिकृतं जगुः पौगण्डके ऽर्भकाः ॥ ४१ ॥
 
sri-rajovaca
brahman kalantara-krtam
tat-kalinam katham bhavet
yat kaumare hari-krtam
jaguh paugandake 'rbhakah
sri-raja uvaca-Maharaja Pariksit inquired; brahman-O learned brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami); kala-antara-krtam-things done in the past, at a different time (in the kaumara age); tat-kalinam-described as happening now (in the pauganda age); katham bhavet-how could it be so; yat-which pastime; kaumare-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.