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jab shyamasundar ghutanoan ka sahara liye bina chalane lage, tab ve apane ghar mean anekoan prakar ki kautukamayi lila karane lage-
ek din saanvare-salone brajarajakumar shri kanhaiyalal ji apane soone ghar mean svayan hi makhan chura rahe the. unaki srishti mani ke khambhe mean p de hue apane pratibimb par p di. ab to ve dar gaye. apane pratibimb se bole - ‘are bhaiya! meri maiya se kahiyo mat. tera bhag bhi mere barabar hi mujhe svikar hai; le, kha. kha le, bhaiya!’ yashoda mata apane lala ki totali boli sun rahi thian.
unhean b da ashchary hua, ve ghar mean bhitar ghus ayian. mata ko dekhate hi shrikrishn ne apane pratibimb ko dikhakar bat badal di -
‘maiya! maiya! yah kaun hai? lobhavash tumhara makhan churane ke lie aj ghar mean ghus aya hai. maian mana karata hooan to manata nahian hai aur maian krodh karata hooan to yah bhi krodh karata hai. maiya! tum kuchh aur mat sochana. mere man mean makhan ka tanik lobh nahian hai.’
apane dudh-muanhe shishu ki pratibha dekhakar maiya vatsaly-sneh ke anand mean magn ho gayian.
ek din shyamasundar mata ke bahar jane par ghar mean hi makhan chori kar rahe the. itane mean hi daivavash yashoda ji laut ayian aur apane la dale lal ko n dekhakar pukarane lagian -
‘kanhaiya! kanhaiya! are o mere bap! kahaan hai, kya kar raha hai?’ mata ki bat sunate hi makhan chor shrikrishn dar gaye aur makhan-chori se alag ho gaye. phir tho di der chup rahakar yashoda ji se bole - ‘maiya, ri maiya! yah jo tumane mere kankan mean padmarag j da diya hai, isaki lapat se mera hath jal raha tha. isi se maianne ise makhan ke matake mean dalakar bujhaya tha.’
mata yah madhur-madhur kanhaiya ki totali boli sunakar mugdh ho gayian aur ‘ao beta!’ aisa kahakar lala ko god mean baitha liya aur pyar se choomane lagian.
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