Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.26.7

kvacid dhaiyangava-stainye

matra baddha udukhale

gacchann arjunayor madhye

bahubhyam tav apatayat

SYNONYMS

kvacit -- once; haiyangava -- butter; stainye -- engaged in stealing; matra -- by His mother; baddhah -- bound up; udukhale -- to a large mortar; gacchan -- moving; arjunayoh -- the twin arjuna trees; madhye -- between; bahubhyam -- by His hands; tau apatayat -- He made them fall.

TRANSLATION

Once, His mother tied Him with ropes to a mortar because she had caught Him stealing butter. Then, crawling on His hands, He dragged the mortar between a pair of arjuna trees and pulled them down.

PURPORT

The two arjuna trees were old and thick, and they towered above little Krsna's courtyard. Nevertheless, they were pulled down quite easily by the naughty child.

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