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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.2
apsarobhir apasyata
SYNONYMS
kadacit -- once upon a time; renuka -- Jamadagni's wife, the mother of Lord Parasurama; yata -- went; gangayam -- to the bank of the River Ganges; padma-malinam -- decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; gandharva-rajam -- the King of the Gandharvas; kridantam -- sporting; apsarobhih -- with the Apsaras (heavenly society girls); apasyata -- she saw.
TRANSLATION
Once when Renuka, 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 [Apsaras].
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness