Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22


Sanskrit:

ताभिर्युत: श्रममपोहितुमङ्गसङ्ग-घृष्टस्रज: स कुचकुङ्कुमरञ्जिताया: ।गन्धर्वपालिभिरनुद्रुत आविशद् वा:श्रान्तो गजीभिरिभराडिव भिन्नसेतु: ॥ २२ ॥

ITRANS:

tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga-ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥgandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥśrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ

Translation:

Lord Kṛṣṇa’s garland had been crushed during His conjugal dalliance with the gopīs and colored vermilion by the kuṅkuma powder on their breasts. To dispel the fatigue of the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa entered the water of the Yamunā, followed swiftly by bees who were singing like the best of the Gandharvas. He appeared like a lordly elephant entering the water to relax in the company of his consorts. Indeed, the Lord had transgressed all worldly and Vedic morality just as a powerful elephant might break the dikes in a paddy field.

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