Canto 9: LiberationChapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.15.20

strī-ratnair āvṛtaḥ krīḍan

revāmbhasi madotkaṭaḥ

vaijayantīḿ srajaḿ bibhrad

rurodha saritaḿ bhujaiḥ

SYNONYMS

strī-ratnaiḥ — by beautiful women; āvṛtaḥ — surrounded; krīḍan — enjoying; revā-ambhasiin the water of the River Revā, or Narmadā; mada-utkaṭaḥ — too puffed up because of opulence; vaijayantīm srajam — the garland of victory; bibhrat — being decorated with; rurodha — stopped the flow; saritam — of the river; bhujaiḥ — with his arms.

TRANSLATION

Once while enjoying in the water of the River Narmadā, the puffed-up Kārtavīryārjuna, surrounded by beautiful women and garlanded with a garland of victory, stopped the flow of the water with his arms.

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