svam svam - own respective; vatsa-kulam - the group of calves; sarve - all the boys and Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; pāyayiṣyantaḥ - desiring to have them drink water; ekadā - one day; gatvā - going; jala-āśaya-abhyāśam - near the water tank; pāyayitvā - after allowing the animals to drink water; papuḥ jalam - they also drank water.

One day all the boys, including Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, each boy taking his own group of calves, brought the calves to a reservoir of water, desiring to allow them to drink. After the animals drank water, the boys drank water there also.