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