tabhih -- by them; yutah -- accompanied; sramam -- fatigue; apohitum -- to dispel; anga-sanga -- by their conjugal association; ghrishta -- crushed; srajah -- whose garland; sah -- He; kuca -- from their breasts; kunkuma -- of the vermilion powder; ranjitayah -- which was smeared by the color; gandharva-pa -- (who appeared like) leaders of the heavenly singers; alibhih -- by bees; anudrutah -- swiftly followed; avisat -- He entered; vah -- the water; srantah -- tired; gajibhih -- together with His female elephant consorts; ibha-rat -- a lordly elephant; iva -- as; bhinna -- having broken; setuh -- the walls of a paddy field.

Lord Krishna's garland had been crushed during His conjugal dalliance with the gopis and colored vermilion by the kunkuma powder on their breasts. To dispel the fatigue of the gopis, Krishna entered the water of the Yamuna, followed swiftly by bees who were singing like the best of the Gandharvas. He appeared like a lordly elephant entering the water to relax in the company of his consorts. Indeed, the Lord had transgressed all worldly and Vedic morality just as a powerful elephant might break the dikes in a paddy field.