S'ometimes Kiryoa and Balarāma would play on Their lutes; somerimes They would throw ropes and stones devised for getting fruits from the trees, sometimes They would throw only
stones, and sometimes, Their ankle bells tinkling, They would play soccer with fruits like bel and āmalaki. Sometimes They would cover Themselves with blankets and imitate cows and bulls and fight with one another, roaring loudly, and sometimes They would imitate the voices of animals. In this way They enjoyed sporting exactly like two ordinary human children.
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, while tending the cows, appeared just like two actors going to play on a dramatic stage. Kṛṣṇa was dressed in glowing garments of yellow, Balarāma in blue, and They held new twigs of mango tree, peacock feathers, and bunches of flowers in Their hands. Dressed with garlands of lotuses, They sometimes sang very sweetly among Their friends. One gopī told her friend, "How is it that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are looking so beautiful?" Another gopī said, "My dear friends, we cannot even think of His bamboo flute! What sort of pious activities did it execute so that it is now enjoying the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lips?" Kṛṣṇa sometimes kisses the gopīs. Therefore the transcendental nectar of His lips is available only to them, and His lips are considered their property. So the gopīs asked, "How is it possible that the flute, which is nothing but a bamboo rod, is always enjoying the nectar from Kṛṣṇa's lips? Because the flute is serving the Supreme Lord, the mother and the father of the flute must be happy."
AND DHṚTI-DEVĪ DĀSĪ