Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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upagīyamāno gandharvair
mṛdaṅga-paṇavānakān
vādayadbhir mudā vīṇāṁ
sūta-māgadha-vandibhiḥ
sicyamāno ’cyutas tābhir
hasantībhiḥ sma recakaiḥ
pratiṣiñcan vicikrīḍe
yakṣībhir yakṣa-rāḍ iva

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

As Gandharvas joyfully sang His praises to the accompaniment of mṛdaṅga, paṇava and ānaka drums, and as professional reciters known as Sūtas, Māgadhas and Vandīs played vīṇās and recited poems praising Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa would play with His wives in the water. Laughing, the queens would squirt water on Him with syringes, and He would squirt them back. Thus Kṛṣṇa would sport with His queens in the same way that the lord of the Yakṣas sports with the Yakṣī nymphs.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.



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