upagiyamanah -- being glorified by song; gandharvaih -- by Gandharvas; mridanga-panava-anakan -- mridanga, panava and anaka drums; vadayadbhih -- who were playing; muda -- joyfully; vinam -- vinas; suta-magadha-vandibhih -- by Suta, Magadha and Vandi reciters; sicyamanah -- being squirted with water; acyutah -- Lord Krishna; tabhih -- by them (His wives); hasantibhih -- who were laughing; sma -- indeed; recakaih -- with syringes; pratishincan -- squirting back at them; vicikride -- He sported; yakshibhih -- with Yakshi nymphs; yaksha-rat -- the lord of the Yakshas (Kuvera); iva -- like.

As Gandharvas joyfully sang His praises to the accompaniment of mridanga, panava and anaka drums, and as professional reciters known as Sutas, Magadhas and Vandis played vinas and recited poems praising Him, Lord Krishna would play with His wives in the water. Laughing, the queens would squirt water on Him with syringes, and He would squirt them back. Thus Krishna would sport with His queens in the same way that the lord of the Yakshas sports with the Yakshi nymphs.