O Krishna, leaving aside your upper garment and looking like a bundle of veins, with your body emaciated you lived on the banks of the Sarasvati, employed in your sacrifice extending for twelve years.
अवकृष्टोत्तरासङ्गः कृशोधमनिसंततः। आसीः कृष्ण सरस्वत्यां सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके॥