भ्रमणैर्लङ्घनै: क्षेपैरास्फोटनविकर्षणै: । चिक्रीडतुर्नियुद्धेन काकपक्षधरौ क्वचित् ॥ १२ ॥
bhramaṇair laṅghanaiḥ kṣepair āsphoṭana-vikarṣaṇaiḥ cikrīḍatur niyuddhena kāka-pakṣa-dharau kvacit
- bhramaṇaiḥ
- with whirling about
- laṅghanaiḥ
- jumping
- kṣepaiḥ
- throwing
- āsphoṭana
- slapping
- vikarṣaṇaiḥ
- and dragging
- cikṛīḍatuḥ
- They (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma) played
- niyuddhena
- with fighting
- kāka-pakṣa
- the locks of hair on the sides of Their heads
- dharau
- holding
- kvacit
- sometimes
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma played with their cowherd boyfriends by whirling about, leaping, hurling, slapping and fighting. Sometimes Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma would pull the hair on the boys’ heads.