SB 9.16.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

कदाचिद्रेणुका याता गङ्गायां पद्ममालिनम् ।
गन्धर्वराजं क्रीडन्तम् अप्सरोभिरपश्यत ॥ २ ॥

kadacid renuka yata

gaṅgayam padma-malinam

gandharva-rajam kridantam

apsarobhir apasyata

kadacit-once upon a time; renuka-Jamadagni's wife, the mother of Lord Parasurama; yata-went; gaṅgayam-to the bank of the River Ganges; padma-malinam-decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; gandharva-rajam-the King of the Gandharvas; kridantam-sporting; apsarobhih-with the Apsaras (heavenly society girls); apasyata-she saw.

TRANSLATION

Once when Renuka, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Ganges to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting in the Ganges with celestial women [Apsaras].

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