Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.22

tābhir yutah śramam apohitum ańga-sańga-

ghrishta-srajah sa kuca-kuńkuma-rañjitāyāh

gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāh

śrānto gajībhir ibha-rād iva bhinna-setuh

SYNONYMS

tābhih — by them; yutah — accompanied; śramam — fatigue; apohitum — to dispel; ańga-sańga — by their conjugal association; ghrishta — crushed; srajah — whose garland; sah — He; kuca — from their breasts; kuńkuma — of the vermilion powder; rañjitāyāh — which was smeared by the color; gandharva-pa — (who appeared like) leaders of the heavenly singers; alibhih — by bees; anudrutah — swiftly followed; āviśat — He entered; vāh — the water; śrāntah — tired; gajībhih — together with His female elephant consorts; ibha-rāt — a lordly elephant; iva — as; bhinna — having broken; setuh — the walls of a paddy field.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krishna's garland had been crushed during His conjugal dalliance with the gopīs and colored vermilion by the kuńkuma powder on their breasts. To dispel the fatigue of the gopīs, Krishna entered the water of the Yamunā, followed swiftly by bees who were singing like the best of the Gandharvas. He appeared like a lordly elephant entering the water to relax in the company of his consorts. Indeed, the Lord had transgressed all worldly and Vedic morality just as a powerful elephant might break the dikes in a paddy field.

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