Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.44-45

tad-dīkshāyām pravrittāyām

vrishnayah pushkara-srajah

snātāh su-vāsaso rājan

rājānah sushthv-alańkritāh

tan-mahishyaś ca muditā

nishka-kanthyah su-vāsasah

dīkshā-śālām upājagmur

āliptā vastu-pānayah

SYNONYMS

tat — of him (Vasudeva); dīkshāyām — the initiation for the sacrifice; pravrittāyām — when it was about to begin; vrishnayah — the Vrishnis; pushkara — of lotuses; srajah — wearing garlands; snātāh — bathed; suvāsasah — well dressed; rājan — O King; rājānah — (other) kings; sushthu — elaborately; alańkritāh — ornamented; tat — their; mahishyah — queens; ca — and; muditāh — joyful; nishka — jeweled lockets; kanthyah — on whose necks; su-vāsasah — well dressed; dīkshā — of initiation; śālām — the pavilion; upājagmuh — they approached; āliptāh — anointed; vastu — with auspicious items; pānayah — in whose hands.

TRANSLATION

When Mahārāja Vasudeva was about to be initiated for the sacrifice, O King, the Vrishnis came to the initiation pavilion after bathing and putting on fine clothes and garlands of lotuses. The other kings also came, elaborately ornamented, as well as all their joyful queens, who wore jeweled lockets around their necks and were also clad in fine garments. The royal wives were anointed with sandalwood paste and carried auspicious items for the worship.

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