Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rasa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.23

so 'mbhasy alam yuvatibhih parisicyamanah

premneksitah prahasatibhir itas tato 'nga

vaimanikaih kusuma-varsibhir idyamano

reme svayam sva-ratir atra gajendra-lilah

SYNONYMS

sah -- He; ambhasi -- in the water; alam -- very much; yuvatibhih -- by the girls; parisicyamanah -- being splashed; premna -- with love; iksitah -- glanced upon; prahasatibhih -- by them, who were laughing; itah tatah -- here and there; anga -- my dear King; vaimanikaih -- by those traveling in their airplanes; kusuma -- flowers; varsibhih -- who were raining down; idyamanah -- being worshiped; reme -- enjoyed; svayam -- personally; sva-ratih -- satisfied within Himself; atra -- here; gaja-indra -- of a king of the elephants; lilah -- whose playing.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, in the water Krsna found Himself being splashed on all sides by the laughing gopis, who looked at Him with love. As the demigods worshiped Him by showering flowers from their airplanes, the self-satisfied Lord took pleasure in playing like the king of the elephants.

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