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ŚB 10.69.27

Devanagari

मन्त्रयन्तं च कस्मिंश्चिन्मन्त्रिभिश्चोद्धवादिभि: ।
जलक्रीडारतं क्व‍ापि वारमुख्याबलावृतम् ॥ २७ ॥

Text

mantrayantaṁ ca kasmiṁścin
mantribhiś coddhavādibhiḥ
jala-krīḍā-rataṁ kvāpi
vāramukhyābalāvṛtam

Synonyms

mantrayantam — consulting; ca — and; kasmiṁścit — somewhere; mantri-bhiḥ — with advisers; ca — and; uddhava-ādibhiḥ — Uddhava and others; jala — watery; krīḍā — in 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.