Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.5

mushnanto 'nyonya-śikyādīn

jñātān ārāc ca cikshipuh

tatratyāś ca punar dūrād

dhasantaś ca punar daduh

SYNONYMS

mushnantah — stealing; anyonya — from one another; śikya-ādīn — lunch bags and other belongings; jñātān — having been understood by the proprietor of the bag; ārāt ca — to a distant place; cikshipuh — threw away; tatratyāh ca — those who were in that place also; punah dūrāt — 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. Janmādy asya yatah [SB 1.1.1] (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.2). This same enjoyment is displayed by Krishna 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 Krishna 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. Athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1). Krishna 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 Vrindāvana and attracts people to spiritual enjoyment.

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