sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; sukham -- happily; sva -- in His own; puryam -- city; nivasan -- residing; dvarakayam -- in Dvaraka; sriyah -- of the goddess of fortune; patih -- the master; sarva -- all; sampat -- in opulent features; samriddhayam -- which was rich; jushtayam -- populated; vrishni-pungavaih -- by the most prominent of the Vrishnis; stribhih -- by women; ca -- and; uttama -- excellent; veshabhih -- whose dress; nava -- new; yauvana -- of youth; kantibhih -- whose beauty; kanduka-adibhih -- with balls and other toys; harmyeshu -- on the rooftops; kridantibhih -- playing; tadit -- of lightning; dyubhih -- whose effulgence; nityam -- always; sankula -- crowded; margayam -- whose roads; mada-cyudbhih -- exuding mada; matam -- intoxicated; gajaih -- with elephants; su -- well; alankritaih -- ornamented; bhataih -- with foot-soldiers; asvaih -- horses; rathaih -- chariots; ca -- and; kanaka -- with gold; ujjvalaih -- brilliant; udyana -- with gardens; upavana -- and parks; adhyayam -- endowed; pushpita -- flowering; druma -- of trees; rajishu -- which had rows; nirvisat -- entering (therein); bhringa -- by bees; vihagaih -- and birds; naditayam -- filled with sound; samantatah -- on all sides; reme -- He enjoyed; shodasa -- sixteen; sahasra -- thousand; patninam -- of wives; eka -- the only; vallabhah -- beloved; tavat -- that many; vicitra -- variegated; rupah -- having personal forms; asau -- He; tat -- their; geheshu -- in the residences; maha-riddhishu -- richly furnished; protphulla -- blooming; utpala -- of water lilies; kahlara -- white lotuses; kumuda -- night-blooming lotuses; ambhoja -- and day-blooming lotuses; renubhih -- by the pollen; vasita -- made aromatic; amala -- pure; toyeshu -- in bodies of water; kujat -- cooing; dvija -- of birds; kuleshu -- where there were flocks; ca -- and; vijahara -- He sported; vigahya -- diving; ambhah -- into the water; hradinishu -- in rivers; maha-udayah -- the all-powerful Lord; kuca -- from their breasts; kunkuma -- by the red cosmetic powder; lipta -- smeared; angah -- His body; parirabdhah -- embraced; ca -- and; yoshitam -- by the women.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: The master of the goddess of fortune resided happily in His capital city, Dvaraka, which was endowed with all opulences and populated by the most eminent Vrishnis and their gorgeously dressed wives. When these beautiful women in the bloom of youth would play on the city's rooftops with balls and other toys, they shone like flashing lightning. The main streets of the city were always crowded with intoxicated elephants exuding mada, and also with cavalry, richly adorned infantrymen, and soldiers riding chariots brilliantly decorated with gold. Gracing the city were many gardens and parks with rows of flowering trees, where bees and birds would gather, filling all directions with their songs.Lord Krishna was the sole beloved of His sixteen thousand wives. Expanding Himself into that many forms, He enjoyed with each of His queens in her own richly furnished residence. On the grounds of these palaces were clear ponds fragrant with the pollen of blooming utpala, kahlara, kumuda and ambhoja lotuses and filled with flocks of cooing birds. The almighty Lord would enter those ponds, and also various rivers, and enjoy sporting in the water while His wives embraced Him, leaving the red kunkuma from their breasts smeared on His body.