Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.65.18

purna-candra-kala-mrste

kaumudi-gandha-vayuna

yamunopavane reme

sevite stri-ganair vrtah

SYNONYMS

purna -- full; candra -- of the moon; kala -- by the rays; mrste -- bathed; kaumudi -- of lotus flowers that open in the moonlight; gandha -- (bearing) the fragrance; vayuna -- by the wind; yamuna -- of the Yamuna River; upavane -- in a garden; reme -- He enjoyed; sevite -- served; stri -- women; ganaih -- by many; vrtah -- accompanied.

TRANSLATION

In the company of numerous women, Lord Balarama enjoyed in a garden by the Yamuna River. This garden was bathed in the rays of the full moon and caressed by breezes bearing the fragrance of night-blooming lotuses.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains that Lord Balarama's conjugal pastimes took place in a small forest alongside the Yamuna, a place known as Srirama-ghatta, which is far from the site of Sri Krsna's rasa dance.

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