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ŚB 10.22.37

Devanagari

तत्र गा: पाययित्वाप: सुमृष्टा: शीतला: शिवा: ।
ततो नृप स्वयं गोपा: कामं स्वादु पपुर्जलम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

tatra gāḥ pāyayitvāpaḥ
su-mṛṣṭāḥ śītalāḥ śivāḥ
tato nṛpa svayaṁ gopāḥ
kāmaṁ svādu papur jalam

Synonyms

tatra — there; gāḥ — the cows; pāyayitvā — making drink; apaḥ — the water; su-mṛṣṭāḥ — very clear; śītalāḥ — cool; śivāḥ — wholesome; tataḥ — then; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit; svayam — themselves; gopāḥ — the cowherd boys; kāmam — freely; svādu — sweet-tasting; papuḥ — they drank; jalam — the water.

Translation

The cowherd boys let the cows drink the clear, cool and wholesome water of the Yamunā. O King Parīkṣit, the cowherd boys themselves also drank that sweet water to their full satisfaction.