Canto 9, Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Verse 8 (SB 9.18.8)
SB 9.18.8 • मूल श्लोक

ता जलाशयमासाद्य कन्या: कमललोचना: । तीरे न्यस्य दुकूलानि विजह्रु: सिञ्चतीर्मिथ: ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

tā jalāśayam āsādya kanyāḥ kamala-locanāḥ tīre nyasya dukūlāni vijahruḥ siñcatīr mithaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tāḥ — they; jala-āśayam — to the lakeside; āsādya — coming; kanyāḥ — all the girls; kamala-locanāḥ — with eyes like lotus petals; tīre — on the bank; nyasya — giving up; dukūlāni — their dresses; vijahruḥ — began to sport; siñcatīḥ — throwing water; mithaḥ — on one another.

Translation

“When the young, lotus-eyed girls came to the bank of a reservoir of water, they wanted to enjoy by bathing. Thus they left their clothing on the bank and began sporting, throwing water on one another.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda