Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.23

so 'mbhasy alam yuvatibhih parishicyamānah

premnekshitah prahasatībhir itas tato 'ńga

vaimānikaih kusuma-varshibhir īdyamāno

reme svayam sva-ratir atra gajendra-līlah

SYNONYMS

sahHe; ambhasiin the water; alam — very much; yuvatibhih — by the girls; parishicyamānah — being splashed; premnā — with love; īkshitah — glanced upon; prahasatībhih — by them, who were laughing; itah tatah — here and there; ańga — my dear King; vaimānikaih — by those traveling in their airplanes; kusuma — flowers; varshibhih — who were raining down; īdyamānah — being worshiped; reme — enjoyed; svayam — personally; sva-ratih — satisfied within Himself; atra — here; gaja-indra — of a king of the elephants; līlah — whose playing.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, in the water Krishna found Himself being splashed on all sides by the laughing gopīs, 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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