PLATE EIGHT
Sometimes Krṣṇa and Balarāma would secretly enter the storeroom, steal yogurt and butter, and feed it to the monkeys. On one such occasion mother Yaśodā caught Krṣṇa and Balarāma in the act. Krṣṇa was standing on an upside-down wooden grinding mortar, distributing the yogurt and butter to the monkeys as He liked, and Balarāma was hiding behind a pillar. When the two boys saw the stick in mother Yaśodā's hand, They began to look at her with great anxiety, as if They were afraid she would chastise Them. ( pp. 152–53 )