There are two versions of this verse. With tasam rati viharena means "being tired of enjoying acts of love with them." With tasam ati viharena means "being tired by enjoying excessively with them." Being tired, he gave up that play, and wiped their faces with his blissful hand. This statement also suggests that he applied sandalwood, placed cloth on their limbs, fanned them and offered betel nut.

They became fatigued by various playful activities befitting the anurāga of couples. Another version has ati-vihāreṇa, with the same meaning. He excellently wiped (pra—mṛjat) their faces with his hand composed of the highest bliss, which alleviated their fatigue. Wiping the perspiration and dressing their hair, he made them shine since he was most merciful (karuṇaḥ), unable to tolerate others’ suffering. This was not ordinary mercy, since he wiped their faces because of prema. This shows their special nature. Prema or great affection arose in his heart because of their good qualities, since they took alone as the object of possessiveness or belonging to him. This prema became intense at this time, and included mercy. Just by his touch he can relieve them, since his hand is the embodiment of all happiness. In this case, he not only touched them but wiped their faces, and moreover, did this with prema. Thus the hand not only relieved them of fatigue, but produced the highest satisfaction. Śukadeva calls to Parīkṣit in prema (aṅga).