Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.38
ramayanti priya-sakhāḥ kelibhir vividhaiḥ sadā |
[ramayanti priya-sakhaah kelibhir vividhaih sadaa |]
niyuddha-daṇḍa-yuddhādi-kautukair api keśavam ||38||
[niyuddha-danda-yuddhaadi-kautukair api keshavam ||38||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ramayanti priya-sakhāḥ kelibhir vividhaiḥ sadā |
niyuddha-daṇḍa-yuddhādi-kautukair api keśavam ||38||
The priya-sakhas give pleasure to Kṛṣṇa by hand to hand combat, stick fighting and other sports.
Purport
By their various activities in different pastimes, all of these friends used to give transcendental pleasure to Kṛṣṇa.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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Source: vedabase.io