Text 29] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 113
markan bhoksyan vibhajati sa cen natti bhandam bhinnatti
dravyalabhe sagrha-kupito yaty upakrosya tokan

vatsan—the calves; mufcan—releasing; kvacit—sometimes; asa-
maye—at odd times; krosa-sarjata-hdsah—after this, when the head of
the house is angry, Krsna begins to smile; steyarm—obtained by stealing;
svadu—very tasteful; atti—eats; atha—thus; dadhi-payah—pot of
curd and milk; kalpitaih—devised; steya-yogaih—by some sort of steal-
ing process; markén—to the monkeys; bhoksyan—giving to eat; vibha-
jJati—divides their portion; sah—the monkey; cet—if; na—not; atti—
eats; bhandam—the pot; bhinnatti—He breaks; dravya-alabhe—when
eatables are unavailable or He cannot find such pots; sa-grha-kupitah—
He becomes angry at the residents of the house; yati—He goes away;
upakrosya—irritating and pinching; tokan—the small children.

TRANSLATION

“Our dear friend Yasoda, 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, Krsna will go away.

PURPORT

The narration of Krsna’s naughty childhood activities would be pre-
sented to mother Yasoda in the form of complaints. Sometimes Krsna
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 Krsna 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 Krsna and try to catch Him, saying,
