vatseṣu - among the calves; vatsa-rūpeṇa - appearing as if another calf; praviśantam - who had entered; jighāṁsayā - wanting to kill; hatvā - killing him; nyapātayat - He made to fall; tena - by him; kapitthāni - the kapittha fruits; ca - and; līlayā - as a sport.

Desiring to kill Kṛṣṇa, the demon Vatsa disguised himself as a calf and entered among Kṛṣṇa’s calves. But Kṛṣṇa killed the demon and, using his body, enjoyed the sport of knocking kapittha fruits down from the trees.