Gopalacampu 1.8.69

1.8.69

[43] tataś ca gatāsu tāsu kṣaṇaṃ kṛta-rodana-vinodaḥ, paścād bahala-khalaṃ praty udūkhala-nodanāya labdha-modaḥ sa tu baddha eva kevala-bāla-valitatayā prabalita-cāpala-śraddhas taiḥ saha prahasan khelann ulūkhalam etaṃ laghu laghu cālayām āsa, hārayāmāsa ca tair evolbaṇa-hāsatayā śulva-hāriṇīnāṃ labdha-śūnya-sādharmya-harmya-śreṇyā hāri-śikyita-nava-nava-nītādikam āhārayāmāsa ca | kintu, tat-karṣaṇa-maya-harṣa-prada-līlayā na ca kareṇa na cāpareṇa tad-uddāna-mocana-rocanatām avāpa |

[43] And then, when they had gone, for a moment he made a playful show of crying; then, finding delight in shoving the mortar toward the wide-open courtyard, he—though tied, his eagerness for mischief intensified simply by being surrounded by boys—laughing and playing with them, moved the mortar gently along, and caused the boys to steal and eat the delightful fresh butter and other things placed in hanging ropes from the rows of houses that had acquired the character of being deserted due to the women who carried off ropes [for his binding], amid boisterous laughter. But, with a pastime that bestowed joy through dragging it, he felt no desire to loosen that binding either with his hand or by any other means.