Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.24

yarhy ańganā-darśanīya-kumāra-līlāv

antar-vraje tad abalāh pragrihīta-pucchaih

vatsair itas tata ubhāv anukrishyamānau

prekshantya ujjhita-grihā jahrishur hasantyah

SYNONYMS

yarhi — when; ańganā-darśanīya — visible only to the ladies within the house; kumāra-līlau — the pastimes Śrī Krishna and Balarāma exhibited as children; antah-vraje — within the inside of Vraja, in the house of Nanda Mahārāja; tat — at that time; abalāh — all the ladies; pragrihīta-pucchaih — the ends of their tails having been caught by Krishna and Balarāma; vatsaih — by the calves; itah tatah — here and there; ubhau — both Krishna and Balarāma; anukrishyamānau — being dragged; prekshantyah — seeing such things; ujjhita — given up; grihāh — their household affairs; jahrishuh — enjoyed very much; hasantyah — while laughing.

TRANSLATION

Within the house of Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd ladies would enjoy seeing the pastimes of the babies Rāma and Krishna. The babies would catch the ends of the calves' tails, and the calves would drag Them here and there. When the ladies saw these pastimes, they certainly stopped their household activities and laughed and enjoyed the incidents.

PURPORT

While crawling in curiosity, Krishna and Balarāma would sometimes catch the ends of the tails of calves. The calves, feeling that someone had caught them, would begin to flee here and there, and the babies would hold on very tightly, being afraid of how the calves were moving. The calves, seeing that the babies were holding them tightly, would also become afraid. Then the ladies would come to rescue the babies and gladly laugh. This was their enjoyment.

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