Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.32

ekadā krīdamānās te

rāmādyā gopa-dārakāh

krishno mridam bhakshitavān

iti mātre nyavedayan

SYNONYMS

ekadā — once upon a time; krīdamānāh — now Krishna, being still more grown up, was playing with other children of the same age; te — they; rāma-ādyāh — Balarāma and others; gopa-dārakāh — other boys born in the same neighborhood of the cowherd men; krishnah mridam bhakshitavān — O Mother, Krishna has eaten earth (a complaint was lodged); iti — thus; mātre — unto mother Yaśodā; nyavedayan — they submitted.

TRANSLATION

One day while Krishna was playing with His small playmates, including Balarāma and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came together and lodged a complaint to mother Yaśodā. "Mother," they submitted, "Krishna has eaten earth."

PURPORT

Here is another of Krishna's transcendental activities invented to please the gopīs. First a complaint was lodged with mother Yaśodā about Krishna's stealing, but mother Yaśodā did not chastise Him. Now, in an attempt to awaken mother Yaśodā's anger so that she would chastise Krishna, another complaint was invented — that Krishna had eaten earth.

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