Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.70.19

tatropamantriṇo rājan

nānā-hāsya-rasair vibhum

upatasthur naṭācāryā

nartakyas tāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthak

SYNONYMS

tatra — there; upamantriṇaḥ — the jesters; rājan — O King; nānā — with various; hāsya — joking; rasaiḥ — moods; vibhum — the Supreme Lord; upatasthuḥ — they served; naṭa-ācāryāḥ — expert entertainers; nartakyaḥ — female dancers; tāṇdavaiḥ — with energetic dances; pṛthak — separately.

TRANSLATION

And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word naṭācāryāḥ refers, among other things, to expert magicians. All of these different entertainers, one after the other, would perform for the Lord in the assembly of great kings.

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