Text 19]
The Childhood Pastimes of Krṣṇa
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Yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat.  As advised in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.5), sacrifice, charity and austerity should never be given up.  Yajño dānaṁ tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām:  even if one is very much advanced in spiritual life, one should not give up these three duties. To observe one's birthday ceremony, one should do something in terms of one of these three items ( yajña, dāna  or  tapaḥ ), or all of them together.
TEXT 19
पश्य पश्य वयस्यांस्ते मारुमृष्टान् स्वलङ्कृतान् । त्वं च स्नातः कृताहारो विहरस्व स्वलङ्कृतः ॥१९॥
paśya paśya vayasyāṁs te mātṛ-mṛṣṭān svalaṅkṛtān tvaṁ ca snātaḥ kṛtāhāro viharasva svalaṅkṛtaḥ
paśya paśya —just see, just see;  vayasyān —boys of Your age;  te —Your;  mātṛ-mṛṣṭān —cleansed by their mothers;  su-alaṅkṛtān —decorated with nice ornaments;  tvaṁ ca —You also;  snātaḥ —after taking a bath;  kṛta-āhāraḥ —and eating Your lunch;  viharasva —enjoy with them;  su-alaṅkṛtaḥ —fully decorated like them.
TRANSLATION
Just see how all Your playmates of Your own age have been cleansed and decorated with beautiful ornaments by their mothers. You should come here, and after You have taken Your bath, eaten Your lunch and been decorated with ornaments, You may play with Your friends again.
PURPORT
Generally young boys are competitive. If one friend has done something, another friend also wants to do something. Therefore mother  Yaśodā  pointed out how Krṣṇa's playmates were decorated, so that Krṣṇa might be induced to decorate Himself like them.