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ŚB 9.15.20

Devanagari

स्त्रीरत्नैरावृत: क्रीडन् रेवाम्भसि मदोत्कट: ।
वैजयन्तीं स्रजं बिभ्रद् रुरोध सरितं भुजै: ॥ २० ॥

Text

strī-ratnair āvṛtaḥ krīḍan
revāmbhasi madotkaṭaḥ
vaijayantīṁ srajaṁ bibhrad
rurodha saritaṁ bhujaiḥ

Synonyms

strī-ratnaiḥ — by beautiful women; āvṛtaḥ — surrounded; krīḍan — enjoying; revā-ambhasi — in the water of the river Revā, or Narmadā; mada-utkaṭaḥ — too puffed up because of opulence; vaijayantīm srajam — the garland of victory; bibhrat — being decorated with; rurodha — stopped the flow; saritam — of the river; bhujaiḥ — with his arms.

Translation

Once while enjoying in the water of the river Narmadā, the puffed-up Kārtavīryārjuna, surrounded by beautiful women and garlanded with a garland of victory, stopped the flow of the water with his arms.