Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 69: Nārada Muni Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa's Palaces in Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.69.27

mantrayantaḿ ca kasmiḿścin

mantribhiś coddhavādibhiḥ

jala-krīḍā-rataḿ kvāpi

vāramukhyābalāvṛtam

SYNONYMS

mantrayantam — consulting; ca — and; kasmiḿścit — somewhere; mantri-bhiḥ — with advisers; ca — and; uddhava-ādibhiḥUddhava and others; jala — watery; krīḍāin sports; ratam — engaged; kva api — somewhere; vāra-mukhyā — by royal dancing girls; abalā — and other women; vṛtam — accompanied.

TRANSLATION

Somewhere He was consulting with royal ministers like Uddhava, and somewhere else He was enjoying in the water, surrounded by many society girls and other young women.

PURPORT

This translation is based on Śrīla Prabhupāda's Kṛṣṇa. According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Lord Kṛṣṇa met with His counselors around dusk and enjoyed water sports in the afternoon.

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