272 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12

musnanto ’nyonya-sikyadin
Jfidtan drac ca ciksipuh

tatratyds ca punar dirad
dhasantas ca punar daduh

musnantah—stealing; anyonya—from one another; sikya-ddin—
lunch bags and other belongings; jidtén—having been understood by
the proprietor of the bag; drat ca—to a distant place; ciksipuh—threw
away; tatratyah ca—those who were in that place also; punah diradt—
then again threw farther away; hasantah ca punah daduh—when they
saw the proprietor, they threw it farther away and enjoyed laughing, and
when the owner sometimes cried, his bag was given to him again.

TRANSLATION

All the cowherd boys used to steal one another’s lunch bags.
When a boy came to understand that his bag had been taken away,
the other boys would throw it farther away, to a more distant place,
and those standing there would throw it still farther. When the
proprietor of the bag became disappointed, the other boys would
laugh, the proprietor would cry, and then the bag would be
returned.

PURPORT

This kind of playing and stealing among boys still exists even in the
material world because this kind of sporting pleasure is present in the
spiritual world, from which this idea of enjoyment emanates. Janmddy
asya yatah (Vedanta-sitra 1.1.2). This same enjoyment is displayed by
Krsna and His associates in the spiritual world, but there the enjoyment
is eternal, whereas here, on the material platform, it is temporary; there
the enjoyment is Brahman, whereas here the enjoyment is jada. The
Krsna consciousness movement is meant to train one how to transfer
oneself from the jada to the Brahman, because human life is meant for
this purpose. Athato brahma-jijfidsa (Veddnta-sitra 1.1.1). Krsna comes
down to teach us how we can enjoy with Him on the spiritual platform, in
the spiritual world. Not only does He come, but He personally displays
His pastimes in Vrndavana and attracts people to spiritual enjoyment.
