SB 9.16.2

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter 16: Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class

SB 9.16.1

SB 9.16.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 2

kadācid reṇukā yātā
gaṅgāyāṁ padma-mālinam
gandharva-rājaṁ krīḍantam
apsarobhir apaśyata

SYNONYMS

kadācit—once upon a time; reṇukā—Jamadagni's wife, the mother of Lord Paraśurāma; yātā—went; gaṅgāyām—to the bank of the River Ganges; padma-mālinam—decorated with a garland of lotus flowers; gandharva-rājam—the King of the Gandharvas; krīḍantam—sporting; apsarobhiḥ—with the Apsarās (heavenly society girls); apaśyata—she saw.

TRANSLATION

Once when Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Ganges to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting in the Ganges with celestial women [Apsarās].