एकदा क्रीडमानास्ते रामाद्या गोपदारका: । कृष्णो मृदं भक्षितवानिति मात्रे न्यवेदयन् ॥ ३२ ॥
ekadā krīḍamānās te rāmādyā gopa-dārakāḥ kṛṣṇo mṛdaṁ bhakṣitavān iti mātre nyavedayan
- ekadā
- once upon a time
- krīḍamānāḥ
- now Kṛṣṇa, being still more grown up, was playing with other children of the same age
- te
- they
- rāma-ādyāḥ
- Balarāma and others
- gopa-dārakāḥ
- other boys born in the same neighborhood of the cowherd men
- kṛṣṇaḥ mṛdam bhakṣitavān
- O Mother, Kṛṣṇa has eaten earth (a complaint was lodged)
- iti
- thus
- mātre
- unto mother Yaśodā
- nyavedayan
- they submitted
One day while Kṛṣṇa was playing with His small playmates, including Balarāma and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came together and lodged a complaint to mother Yaśodā. “Mother,” they submitted, “Kṛṣṇa has eaten earth.”