Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.17

kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite dve tu

gopāyantyaś ca kāścana

vatsāyatīḿ hanti cānyā

tatraikā tu bakāyatīm

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite — acting like Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma; dve — two gopīs; tu — and; gopāyantyaḥ — acting like Their cowherd boyfriends; ca — and; kāścana — some; vatsāyatīm — who was imitating the calf demon, Vatsāsura; hanti — killed; ca — and; anyā — another; tatra — there; ekā — one; tu — moreover; bakāyatīm — another, who was imitating the crane demon, Bakāsura.

TRANSLATION

Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa's killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.

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