Text 19] The Childhood Pastimes of Krsna 235
Yajna-dana-tapah-karma na tydjyam karyam eva tat. As advised in
Bhagavad-gita (18.5), sacrifice, charity and austerity should never be
given up. Yajrio dénam tapas caiva pavandani manisinam: 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 (yajfia, dana or tapah), or all of them
together.
TEXT 19
TH TH TIT ATA ATSHAA |
oF ld? HAE eva ATs HA 123
pasya pasya vayasyams te
matr-mrstan svalankrtan
tvam ca snatah krtaéharo
viharasva svalankrtah

pasya pasya—just see, just see; vayasyan—boys of Your age; te—
Your; méatr-mrstan—cleansed by their mothers; su-alankrtan—deco-
rated with nice ornaments; tuam ca—You also; sndtah—after taking a
bath; krta-dhdrah—and eating Your lunch; viharasva—enjoy with
them; su-alankrtah—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 some-
thing, another friend also wants to do something. Therefore mother
Yasoda pointed out how Krsna’s playmates were decorated, so that Krsna
might be induced to decorate Himself like them.
