Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.20

tāsāḿ rati-vihāreṇa

śrāntānāḿ vadanāni saḥ

prāmṛjat karuṇaḥ premṇā

śantamenāńga pāṇinā

SYNONYMS

tāsām — of them, the gopīs; rati — of conjugal love; vihāreṇa — by the enjoyment; śrāntānām — who were fatigued; vadanāni — the faces; saḥHe; prāmṛjat — wiped; karuṇaḥ — merciful; premṇā — lovingly; śantamena — most comforting; ańga — my dear (King Parīkṣit); pāṇinā — with His hand.

TRANSLATION

Seeing that the gopīs were fatigued from conjugal enjoyment, my dear King, merciful Kṛṣṇa lovingly wiped their faces with His comforting hand.

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