Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.26.7

kvacid dhaiyańgava-stainye

mātrā baddha udūkhale

gacchann arjunayor madhye

bāhubhyāḿ tāv apātayat

SYNONYMS

kvacit — once; haiyańgava — butter; stainye — engaged in stealing; mātrā — by His mother; baddhaḥ — bound up; udūkhale — to a large mortar; gacchan — moving; arjunayoḥ — the twin arjuna trees; madhye — between; bāhubhyām — by His hands; tau apātayat — 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 Kṛṣṇa's courtyard. Nevertheless, they were pulled down quite easily by the naughty child.

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