215. O Yashodā, your son stirred up the water in the pond
where large lotuses bloom, grasped the tail of Kālingan
the poisonous snake and climbed on its heads, dancing and
shaking its whole body.
We think that was good,
but he stole our clothes, stays on the top of the tree
and refuses to give them back. This isn’t fair.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)