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"name":"SB 9.16.2", "h1":"SB 9.16.2", "label":"Text 2", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.2", "description":"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]."
} —
SB 9.16.2
Text
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].