catur-vidhaḿ bahu-guṇam

annam ādāya bhājanaiḥ

abhisasruḥ priyaḿ sarvāḥ

samudram iva nimnagāḥ

catuh-vidham -- of the four varieties (that which is chewed, that which is swallowed, that which is licked and that which is sucked); bahu-gunam -- endowed with many rich tastes and fragrances; annam -- food; adaya -- bringing; bhajanaih -- in large vessels; abhisasruh -- they went forward; priyam -- to their beloved; sarvah -- all of them; samudram -- to the ocean; iva -- just as; nimna-gah -- the rivers.


Texto

Taking along in large vessels the four kinds of foods, full of fine tastes and aromas, all the ladies went forth to meet their beloved, just as rivers flow toward the sea.

Significado

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that the wives of the brahmanas experienced conjugal feelings toward Krishna, as if He were their paramour; thus they could not be checked as they rushed to see Him.