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Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

Verse 19 of 57
SB 10.11.19

पश्य पश्य वयस्यांस्ते मातृमृष्टान्स्वलंकृतान् त्वं च स्नातः कृताहारो विहरस्व स्वलंकृतः

paśya paśya vayasyāṁs te mātṛ-mṛṣṭān svalaṅkṛtān tvaṁ ca snātaḥ kṛtāhāro viharasva svalaṅkṛtaḥ

Synonyms

paśya paśyajust see, just see; vayasyānboys of Your age; teYour; mātṛ-mṛṣṭāncleansed by their mothers; su-alaṅkṛtāndecorated with nice ornaments; tvam caYou also; snātaḥafter taking a bath; kṛta-āhāraḥand eating Your lunch; viharasvaenjoy with them; su-alaṅkṛtaḥfully decorated like them..

Translation

Just see how all Your playmates of Your own age have been cleansed and decorated with beautiful ornaments by their mothers. You should come here, and after You have taken Your bath, eaten Your lunch and been decorated with ornaments, You may play with Your friends again.

Purport

Generally young boys are competitive. If one friend has done something, another friend also wants to do something. Therefore Mother Yaśodā pointed out how Kṛṣṇa's playmates were decorated, so that Kṛṣṇa might be induced to decorate Himself like them.

Verse 19 of 57
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