Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 41: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.41.25

kāścid viparyag-dhṛta-vastra-bhūṣaṇā

vismṛtya caikaḿ yugaleṣv athāparāḥ

kṛtaika-patra-śravanaika-nūpurā

nāńktvā dvitīyaḿ tv aparāś ca locanam

SYNONYMS

kaścit — some of them; viparyak — backwards; dhṛta — putting on; vastra — their clothes; bhūṣaṇaḥ — and ornaments; vismṛtya — forgetting; ca — and; ekam — one; yugaleṣu — of the pairs; atha — and; aparāḥ — others; kṛta — placing; eka — only one; patra — earring; śravaṇa — on their ears; eka — or one; nūpurāḥ — set of ankle bells; na ańktvā — not anointing; dvitīyam — the second; tu — but; aparāḥ — other ladies; ca — and; locanaman eye.

TRANSLATION

Some of the ladies put their clothes and ornaments on backwards, others forgot one of their earrings or ankle bells, and others applied makeup to one eye but not the other.

PURPORT

The ladies were very eager to see Kṛṣṇa, and in their haste and excitement they forgot themselves.

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