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The Childhood Pastimes of Krṣṇa
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with other boys of the same profession (cowherd boys);  cārayām āsatuḥ —tended;  vatsān —the small calves;  nānā —various;  krīdā —sporting;  paricchadau —dressed very nicely in different ways and equipped with implements.
TRANSLATION
Not far away from Their residential quarters, both Krṣṇa and Balarāma, equipped with all kinds of playthings, played with other cowherd boys and began to tend the small calves.
TEXTS 39-40
कचिद् वादयतो वेणुं क्षेपणैः क्षिपतः कचित् । 
  कचित् पादैः किङ्किणीमिः कचित् कृत्रिमगोवृषैः ॥ ३९ ॥ 
  वृषायमाणौ नर्दन्तौ युयुधाते परस्परम् । 
  अनुकृत्य रुतैर्जन्तूंश्चेरतुः प्राकृतौ यथा ॥ ४० ॥
kvacid vādayato veṇum 
  kṣepaṇaiḥ kṣipataḥ kvacit 
  kvacit pādaiḥ kiṅkiṇībhiḥ 
  kvacit kṛtrima-go-vṛṣaiḥ
vṛṣāyamāṇau nardantau 
  yuyudhāte parasparam 
  anukṛtya rutair jantūmś 
  ceratuḥ prākṛtau yathā
kvacit —sometimes;  vādayataḥ —blowing;  veṇum —on the flute;  kṣepaṇaiḥ —with a device of rope for throwing;  kṣipataḥ —throwing stones to get fruit;  kvacit —sometimes;  kvacit pādaiḥ —sometimes with the legs;  kiṅkiṇībhiḥ —with the sound of ankle bells;  kvacit —sometimes;  kṛtrima-go-vṛṣaiḥ —by becoming artificial cows and bulls;  vṛṣāyamāṇau —imitating the animals;  nardantau —roaring loudly;  yuyudhāte —They both used to fight;  parasparam —with one another;  anukṛtya —imitating;  rutaiḥ —by resounding;  jantūn —all the animals;  ceratuḥ —They used to wander;  prākṛtau —two ordinary human children;  yathā —like.