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TEXT 5
musnanto nyonya-sikyadin
jnatan arac ca ciksipuh
tatratyas ca punar durad
dhasantas ca punar daduh
SYNONYMS
musnantahstealing; anyonyafrom one another; sikya-adinlunch bags and other belongings; jnatanhaving been understood by the proprietor of the bag; arat cato a distant place; ciksipuhthrew away; tatratyah cathose who were in that place also; punah duratthen again threw farther away; hasantah ca punah daduhwhen they saw the proprietor, they threw it farther away and enjoyed laughing, and when the owner sometimes cried, his bag was given to him again.
TRANSLATION
All the cowherd boys used to steal one anothers lunch bags. When a boy came to understand that his bag had been taken away, the other boys would throw it farther away, to a more distant place, and those standing there would throw it still farther. When the proprietor of the bag became disappointed, the other boys would laugh, the proprietor would cry, and then the bag would be returned.
PURPORT
This kind of playing and stealing among boys still exists even in the material world because this kind of sporting pleasure is present in the spiritual world, from which this idea of enjoyment emanates. Janmady asya yatah [SB 1.1.1] (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.2). This same enjoyment is displayed by Krsna and His associates in the spiritual world, but there the enjoyment is eternal, whereas here, on the material platform, it is temporary; there the enjoyment is brahman, whereas here the enjoyment is jada. The Krsna consciousness movement is meant to train one how to transfer oneself from the jada to the Brahman, because human life is meant for this purpose. Athato brahma jijnasa (Vedanta-sutra 1.1.1). Krsna comes down to teach us how we can enjoy with Him on the spiritual platform, in the spiritual world. Not only does He come, but He personally displays His pastimes in Vrndavana and attracts people to spiritual enjoyment.
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