Text 29] Lord Krṣṇa Shows the Universal Form
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markān bhokṣyan vibhajati sa cen nātti bhāṇḍaṁ bhinnatti dravyālābhe sagṛha-kupito yāty upakrośya tokān
vatsān —the calves;  muñcan —releasing;  kvacit —sometimes;  asa-maye —at odd times;  krośa-sañjāta-hāsaḥ —after this, when the head of the house is angry, Krṣṇa begins to smile;  steyam —obtained by stealing;  svādu —very tasteful;  atti —eats;  atha —thus;  dadhi-payaḥ —pot of curd and milk;  kalpitaiḥ —devised;  steya-yogaiḥ —by some sort of stealing process;  markān —to the monkeys;  bhokṣyan —giving to eat;  vibhajati —divides their portion;  saḥ —the monkey;  cet —if;  na —not;  atti —eats;  bhāṇḍaṁ —the pot;  bhinnatti —He breaks;  dravya-alābhe —when eatables are unavailable or He cannot find such pots;  sa-gṛha-kupitaḥ —He becomes angry at the residents of the house;  yāti —He goes away;  upakrośya —irritating and pinching;  tokān —the small children.
TRANSLATION
“Our dear friend Yaśodā, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won’t take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krṣṇa will go away.
PURPORT
The narration of Krṣṇa’s naughty childhood activities would be presented to mother Yaśodā in the form of complaints. Sometimes Krṣṇa would enter the house of a neighbor, and if He found no one there, He would release the calves before the time for the cows to be milked. The calves are actually supposed to be released when their mothers are milked, but Krṣṇa would release them before that time, and naturally the calves would drink all the milk from their mothers. When the cowherd men saw this, they would chase Krṣṇa and try to catch Him, saying,