क्वचिद्बिल्वै: क्वचित्कुम्भै: क्वचामलकमुष्टिभि: । अस्पृश्यनेत्रबन्धाद्यै: क्वचिन्मृगखगेहया ॥ १४ ॥
kvacid bilvaiḥ kvacit kumbhaiḥ kvacāmalaka-muṣṭibhiḥ aspṛśya-netra-bandhādyaiḥ kvacin mṛga-khagehayā
- kvacit
- sometimes
- bilvaiḥ
- with bilva fruits
- kvacit
- sometimes
- kumbhaiḥ
- with kumbha fruits
- kvaca
- and sometimes
- āmalaka-muṣṭibhiḥ
- with palmfuls of āmalaka fruits
- aspṛśya
- with games such as tṛying to touch one another
- netra-bandha
- trying to identify another when one is blindfolded
- ādyaiḥ
- and so on
- kvacit
- sometimes
- mṛga
- like animals
- khaga
- and birds
- īhayā
- acting
Sometimes the cowherd boys would play with bilva or kumbha fruits, and sometimes with handfuls of āmalaka fruits. At other times they would play the games of trying to touch one another or of trying to identify somebody while one is blindfolded, and sometimes they would imitate animals and birds.