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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 8]
“Here is Kṛṣṇa doing mischief,” but He would flee and enter another house, where He would again devise some means to steal butter and curd. Then the cowherd men would again try to capture Him, saying, “Here is the butter thief. Better capture Him!” And they would be angry. But Kṛṣṇa would simply smile, and they would forget everything. Sometimes, in their presence, He would begin eating the curd and butter. There was no need for Kṛṣṇa to eat butter, since His belly was always full, but He would try to eat it, or else He would break the pots and distribute the contents to the monkeys. In this way, Kṛṣṇa was always engaged in mischief-making. If in any house He could not find any butter or curd to steal, He would go into a room and agitate the small children sleeping there by pinching them, and when they cried He would go away.
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हस्ताग्राह्ये रचयति विधिं पीठकोल्लूखलाद्यै-
श्छिद्रं ह्यन्तर्निहितवयुनः शिक्यभाण्डेषु तद्वित् ।
ध्वान्तागारे धृतमणिगणं स्वाङ्गमर्थप्रदीपं
काले गोप्यो यर्हि गृहकृत्येषु सुव्यग्रचित्ताः ॥३०॥
hastāgrāhye racayati vidhim pīṭhakolūkhalādyaiś
chidram hy antar-nihita-vayunaḥ śikya-bhāṇḍeṣu tad-vit
dhvāntāgāre dhṛta-maṇi-gaṇam svāngam artha-pradīpam
kāle gopyo yarhi gṛha-kṛtyeṣu suvyagra-cittāḥ
hasta-agrāhye —when the destination is out of the reach of His hands;  racayati —He arranges to make;  vidhim —a means;  pīṭhaka —by wooden planks piled together;  ulūkhala-ādyaiḥ —and by overturning the stone mortar for grinding spices;  chidram —a hole;  hi —indeed;  antaḥ-nihita —about the contents of the pot;  vayunaḥ —with such knowledge;  śikya —hanging by a swing;  bhāṇḍeṣu —in the pots;  tat-vit —expert in that knowledge, or in full knowledge;  dhvānta-āgāre —in a very dark room;  dhṛta-maṇi-gaṇam —because of being decorated with valuable jewels;  sva-angam —His own body;  artha-pradīpam —is the light required for seeing in darkness;  kāle —after that, in due course of time;