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Main kamari ki khoj karan hit Yamunaa ki gail gahi Are ek kahat kanha tori kamari Surabhi ne khaaya gai Main mori, gaiya chabaya gai.
"I went towards the Yamuna to look for my shawl and one of the boys told me that Surabhi, the cow, had gobbled it up!" His mother said, "Hey son! All the cows know you! Fine, let me ask at once in the cowshed. There must be some bits and shreds left, the cow would not have gobbled all of it." As his mother walked to the cowshed, Kanhaiya caught hold of her hand again and said, "Why do you bother unnecessarily? I was in fact going to the cowshed but on my way I came to know that even this was not true." "Then what happened?" she enquired.
Main kamari ki khoj karan hit khirkaa ki gail gahi, are maiya mori ek kahat kaanha teri kamari Raadhaa ne chorlayi.
“Mother, the truth is that Radha had taken the shawl." Kanhaiya thought, “Now certainly mother would not say anything." But his mother now realized that the child was speaking too many lies in one day and she certainly needed to reform him. So, she caught hold of his hand and Kanhaiya thought, "Mother is going to overlook this incident and it is now closed. For one shawl she is not going to enquire!" But as his mother caught hold of his hand she said, “That's it! That innocent looking girl has turned so imprudent within! Come, we shall collect it right now!"
Chali poochati hun main Radha son maiya ne baanh gahi.
As his mother caught hold of his hand, Kanhaiya started sweating. Now what was he to do? "I shall be beaten by my mother and a quarrel shall be created between Radha and me because the shawl is not really with her. They will say that I unnecessarily created a bad reputation for her." But Kanhaiya was not all that innocent either. He was really crooked. Our Rama is very innnocent but taking the name of Krishna itself twists the tongue thrice. So, what did Kanhaiya resort to? All children keep arms, they keep effective weapons for such instances. All are Kanhaiyas when they are small. As his mother said, "Come let us ask Radha." What he resorted to was,
Chali poochat hoon main Radha son maiya ne baanh gahi to Surdaas yah sunat Krishna ke tap-tap neer bahi.
Kanhaiya started weeping and as his mother saw him weep she turned and drew him to her breasts and said, “To
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