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].