Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 18.25

tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum ańga-sańga-

ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuńkuma-rañjitāyāḥ

gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥ

śrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ

SYNONYMS

tābhiḥ — by them (the gopīs); yutaḥ — accompanied; śramam — fatigue; apohitum — to remove; ańga-sańga — by touching of the bodies; ghṛṣṭa — crushed; srajaḥ — from the flower garland; saḥ — He; kuca-kuńkuma — by kuńkuma on the breasts; rañjitāyāḥ — colored; gandharva-pa — like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka; alibhiḥ — by bees; anudrutaḥ — followed; āviśat — entered; vāḥ — the water; śrāntaḥ — being fatigued; gajībhiḥ — by she-elephants; ibha — of elephants; rāṭ — the king; iva — like; bhinna-setuḥ — beyond the Vedic principles of morality.

TRANSLATION

"As an independent leader among elephants enters the water with its female elephants, Kṛṣṇa, who is transcendental to the Vedic principles of morality, entered the water of the Yamunā with the gopīs. His chest had brushed against their breasts, crushing His flower garland and coloring it with red kuńkuma powder. Attracted by the fragrance of that garland, humming bumblebees followed Kṛṣṇa like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka. In this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa mitigated the fatigue of the rāsa dance."

PURPORT

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.33.22).

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