Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 41: Krishna and Balarama Enter Mathura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.41.26

asnantya ekas tad apasya sotsava

abhyajyamana akritopamajjanah

svapantya utthaya nisamya nihsvanam

prapayayantyo 'rbham apohya matarah

SYNONYMS

asnantyah -- taking meals; ekah -- some; tat -- that; apasya -- abandoning; sa-utsavah -- joyfully; abhyajyamanah -- being massaged; akrita -- not finishing; upamajjanah -- their bathing; svapantyah -- sleeping; utthaya -- getting up; nisamya -- having heard; nihsvanam -- the loud sounds; prapayayantyah -- giving milk; arbham -- to an infant; apohya -- put aside; matarah -- mothers.

TRANSLATION

Those who were taking their meals abandoned them, others went out without finishing their baths or massages, women who were sleeping at once rose when they heard the commotion, and mothers breast-feeding their infants simply put them aside.

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