SB 10.30.17
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 17
- kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite dve tu
- gopāyantyaś ca kāścana
- vatsāyatīṁ hanti cānyā
- tatraikā tu bakāyatīm
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite — acting like Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma; dve — two gopīs; tu — and; gopāyantyaḥ — acting like Their cowherd boyfriends; ca — and; kāścana — some; vatsāyatīm — who was imitating the calf demon, Vatsāsura; hanti — killed; ca — and; anyā — another; tatra — there; ekā — one; tu — moreover; bakāyatīm — another, who was imitating the crane demon, Bakāsura.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa's killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.