Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26


Sanskrit:

ययोस्तत्स्‍नानविभ्रष्टनवकुङ्कुमपिञ्जरम् ।वितृषोऽपि पिबन्त्यम्भ: पाययन्तो गजा गजी: ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

yayos tat-snāna-vibhraṣṭa-nava-kuṅkuma-piñjaramvitṛṣo ’pi pibanty ambhaḥpāyayanto gajā gajīḥ

Translation:

After the damsels of the heavenly planets bathe in the water, it becomes yellowish and fragrant due to the kuṅkuma from their bodies. Thus the elephants come to bathe there with their wives, the she-elephants, and they also drink the water, although they are not thirsty.

Purport: