Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.70.19

tatropamantrino rajan

nana-hasya-rasair vibhum

upatasthur natacarya

nartakyas tandavaih prthak

SYNONYMS

tatra -- there; upamantrinah -- the jesters; rajan -- O King; nana -- with various; hasya -- joking; rasaih -- moods; vibhum -- the Supreme Lord; upatasthuh -- they served; nata-acaryah -- expert entertainers; nartakyah -- female dancers; tandavaih -- with energetic dances; prthak -- separately.

TRANSLATION

And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that the word natacaryah refers, among other things, to expert magicians. All of these different entertainers, one after the other, would perform for the Lord in the assembly of great kings.

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