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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.17
vatsāyatīm hanti cānyā
SYNONYMS
krishna-rāmāyite — acting like Lord Krishna and Lord Balarāma; dve — two gopīs; tu — and; gopāyantyah — acting like Their cowherd boyfriends; ca — and; kāścana — some; vatsāyatīm — who was imitating the calf demon, Vatsāsura; hanti — killed; ca — and; anyā — another; tatra — there; ekā — one; tu — moreover; bakāyatīm — another, who was imitating the crane demon, Bakāsura.
TRANSLATION
Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Krishna in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Krishna's killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.
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