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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.”