SB 10.5.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

gAAepaA: par"s$parM" ô$í"A
d"iDaºaIr"Ga{taAmbauiBa:
@Ais$aÂantaAe ivailampantaAe
navanaItaEê icaiºapau:

gopah parasparam hrsta

dadhi-ksira-ghrtambubhih

asincanto vilimpanto

navanitais ca ciksipuh

gopah-the cowherd men; parasparam-on one another; hrstah-being so pleased; dadhi-with yogurt; ksira-with condensed milk; ghrta-ambubhih-with water mixed with butter; asincantah-sprinkling; vilimpantah-smearing; navanitaih ca-and with butter; ciksipuh-they threw on one another.

TRANSLATION

In gladness, the cowherd men enjoyed the great festival by splashing one another's bodies with a mixture of yogurt, condensed milk, butter and water. They threw butter on one another and smeared it on one another's bodies.

PURPORT

From this statement we can understand that five thousand years ago not only was there enough milk, butter and yogurt to eat, drink and cook with, but when there was a festival it would be thrown about without restriction. There was no limit to how extensively milk, butter, yogurt and other such products were used in human society. Everyone had an ample stock of milk, and by using it in many varied milk preparations, people would keep good health in natural ways and thus enjoy life in Krsna consciousness.