kvacid dhaiyańgava-stainye
mātrā baddha udūkhale
gacchann arjunayor madhye
bāhubhyāḿ tāv apātayat
kvacit -- once; haiyangava -- butter; stainye -- engaged in stealing; matra -- by His mother; baddhah -- bound up; udukhale -- to a large mortar; gacchan -- moving; arjunayoh -- the twin arjuna trees; madhye -- between; bahubhyam -- by His hands; tau apatayat -- He made them fall.
Once, His mother tied Him with ropes to a mortar because she had caught Him stealing butter. Then, crawling on His hands, He dragged the mortar between a pair of arjuna trees and pulled them down.
The two arjuna trees were old and thick, and they towered above little Krishna's courtyard. Nevertheless, they were pulled down quite easily by the naughty child.
