Antya 18.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

তাভির্যুতঃ শ্রমমপোহিতুমঙ্গসঙ্গ- ঘৃষ্টস্রজঃ স কুচকুঙ্কুমরঞ্জিতায়াঃ ।
গন্ধর্বপালিভিরনুদ্রুত আবিশদ্বাঃ শ্রান্তো গজীভিরিভরাড়িব ভিন্নসেতুঃ ॥ ২৫ ॥

tabhir yutah sramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga-

ghrsta-srajah sa kuca-kuṅkuma-ranjitayah

gandharva-palibhir anudruta avisad vah

sranto gajibhir ibha-rad iva bhinna-setuh

SYNONYMS

tabhih-by them (the gopis); yutah-accompanied; sramam-fatigue; apohitum-to remove; aṅga-saṅga-by touching of the bodies; ghrsta-crushed; srajah-from the flower garland; sah-He; kuca-kuṅkuma-by kuṅkuma on the breasts; ranjitayah-colored; gandharva-pa-like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka; alibhih-by bees; anudrutah-followed; avisat-entered; vah-the water; srantah-being fatigued; gajibhih-by she-elephants; ibha-of elephants; rat-the king; iva-like; bhinna-setuh-beyond the Vedic principles of morality.

TRANSLATION

"As an independent leader among elephants enters the water with its female elephants, Krsna, who is transcendental to the Vedic principles of morality, entered the water of the Yamuna with the gopis. His chest had brushed against their breasts, crushing His flower garland and coloring it with red kuṅkuma powder. Attracted by the fragrance of that garland, humming bumblebees followed Krsna like celestial beings of Gandharvaloka. In this way, Lord Krsna mitigated the fatigue of the rasa dance."

PURPORT

This verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.33.23).

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