TEXT 41
sri-rajovaca
brahman kalantara-krtam
tat-kalinam katham bhavet
yat kaumare hari-krtam
jaguh paugandake rbhakah
SYNONYMS
sri-raja uvacaMaharaja Pariksit inquired; brahmanO learned brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami); kala-antara-krtamthings done in the past, at a different time (in the kaumara age); tat-kalinamdescribed as happening now (in the pauganda age); katham bhavethow could it be so; yatwhich pastime; kaumarein the kaumara age; hari-krtamwas done by Krsna; jaguhthey described; paugandakein the pauganda age (after one year); arbhakahall the boys.
TRANSLATION
Maharaja Pariksit inquired: O great sage, how could things done in the past have been described as being done at the present? Lord Sri Krsna performed this pastime of killing Aghasura during His kaumara age. How then, during His pauganda age, could the boys have described this incident as having happened recently?

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