pūrṇa-candra-kalā-mṛṣṭe

kaumudī-gandha-vāyunā

yamunopavane reme

sevite strī-gaṇair vṛtaḥ

purna -- full; candra -- of the moon; kala -- by the rays; mrishte -- bathed; kaumudi -- of lotus flowers that open in the moonlight; gandha -- (bearing) the fragrance; vayuna -- by the wind; yamuna -- of the Yamuna River; upavane -- in a garden; reme -- He enjoyed; sevite -- served; stri -- women; ganaih -- by many; vritah -- accompanied.


Texto

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

Significado

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains that Lord Balarama's conjugal pastimes took place in a small forest alongside the Yamuna, a place known as Srirama-ghatta, which is far from the site of Sri Krishna's rasa dance.