Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.2

kadācid reṇukā yātā

gańgāyāḿ padma-mālinam

gandharva-rājaḿ krīḍantam

apsarobhir apaśyata

SYNONYMS

kadācit — once upon a time; reṇukā — Jamadagni's wife, the mother of Lord Paraśurāma; yātā — went; gańgāyām — to the bank of the River Ganges; padma-mālinam — decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; gandharva-rājam — the King of the Gandharvas; krīḍantam — sporting; apsarobhiḥ — with the Apsarās (heavenly society girls); apaśyata — she saw.

TRANSLATION

Once when Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Ganges to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting in the Ganges with celestial women [Apsarās].

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