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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.41.26

aśnantya ekās tad apāsya sotsavā

abhyajyamānā akṛtopamajjanāḥ

svapantya utthāya niśamya niḥsvanaḿ

prapāyayantyo 'rbham apohya mātaraḥ

SYNONYMS

aśnantyaḥ — taking meals; ekaḥ — some; tat — that; apāsya — abandoning; sa-utsavaḥ — joyfully; abhyajyamānāḥ — being massaged; akṛta — not finishing; upamajjanāḥ — their bathing; svapantyaḥ — sleeping; utthāya — getting up; niśamya — having heard; niḥsvanam — the loud sounds; prapāyayantyaḥ — giving milk; arbhamto an infant; apohyaput aside; mātaraḥ — mothers.

TRANSLATION

Those who were taking their meals abandoned them, others went out without finishing their baths or massages, women who were sleeping at once rose when they heard the commotion, and mothers breast-feeding their infants simply put them aside.

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