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.