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SB 10.65.18

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 18

pūrṇa-candra-kalā-mṛṣṭe
kaumudī-gandha-vāyunā
yamunopavane reme
sevite strī-gaṇair vṛtaḥ


SYNONYMS

pūrṇa—full; candra—of the moon; kalā—by the rays; mṛṣṭe—bathed; kaumudī—of lotus flowers that open in the moonlight; gandha—(bearing) the fragrance; vāyunā—by the wind; yamunā—of the Yamunā River; upavane—in a garden; reme—He enjoyed; sevite—served; strī—women; gaṇaiḥ—by many; vṛtaḥ—accompanied.


TRANSLATION

In the company of numerous women, Lord Balarāma enjoyed in a garden by the Yamunā River. This garden was bathed in the rays of the full moon and caressed by breezes bearing the fragrance of night-blooming lotuses.


PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Lord Balarāma's conjugal pastimes took place in a small forest alongside the Yamunā, a place known as Śrīrāma-ghaṭṭa, which is far from the site of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's rāsa dance.

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