SB 9.16.2
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- kadācid reṇukā yātā
- gaṅgāyāṁ padma-mālinam
- gandharva-rājaṁ krīḍantam
- apsarobhir apaśyata
SYNONYMS
kadācit — once upon a time; reṇukā — Jamadagni's wife, the mother of Lord Paraśurāma; yātā — went; gaṅgāyām — to the bank of the River Ganges; padma-mālinam — decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; gandharva-rājam — the King of the Gandharvas; krīḍantam — sporting; apsarobhiḥ — with the Apsarās (heavenly society girls); apaśyata — she saw.
TRANSLATION
Once when Reṇukā, 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 [Apsarās].