Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19


Sanskrit:

तत्रोपमन्त्रिणो राजन् नानाहास्यरसैर्विभुम् ।उपतस्थुर्नटाचार्या नर्तक्यस्ताण्डवै: पृथक् ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

tatropamantriṇo rājannānā-hāsya-rasair vibhumupatasthur naṭācāryānartakyas tāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthak

Translation:

And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.

Purport:

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word naṭācāryāḥ refers, among other things, to expert magicians. All of these different entertainers, one after the other, would perform for the Lord in the assembly of great kings.