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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.33.22

తాభిర్యుత: శ్రమమపోహితుమఙ్గసఙ్గ- ఘృష్టస్రజ: స కుచకుఙ్కుమరఞ్జితాయా: । గన్ధర్వపాలిభిరనుద్రుత ఆవిశద్ వా: శ్రాన్తో గజీభిరిభరాడివ భిన్నసేతు: ॥ ౨౨ ॥
tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga-
[taabhir yutah shramam apohitum anga-sanga-]
ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ
[ghrishta-srajah sa kucha-kunkuma-ranjitaayaah]
gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥ
[gandharva-paalibhir anudruta aavishad vaah]
śrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ
[shraanto gajeebhir ibha-raad iva bhinna-setuh]
tābhiḥ — by them yutaḥ — accompanied śramam — fatigue apohitum — to dispel aṅga - saṅga — by their conjugal association ghṛṣṭa — crushed srajaḥ — whose garland saḥ — He kuca — from their breasts kuṅkuma — of the vermilion powder rañjitāyāḥ — which was smeared by the color gandharva - pa — (who appeared like) leaders of the heavenly singers alibhiḥ — by bees anudrutaḥ — swiftly followed āviśat — He entered vāḥ — the water śrāntaḥ — tired gajībhiḥ — together with His female elephant consorts ibha - rāṭ — a lordly elephant iva — as bhinna — having broken setuḥ — the walls of a paddy field .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tābhir yutaḥ śramam apohitum aṅga-saṅga-
tābhiḥ
by them
yutaḥ
accompanied
śramam
fatigue
apohitum
to dispel
aṅga - saṅga
by their conjugal association
ghṛṣṭa-srajaḥ sa kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ
ghṛṣṭa
crushed
srajaḥ
whose garland
saḥ
He
kuca
from their breasts
kuṅkuma
of the vermilion powder
rañjitāyāḥ
which was smeared by the color
gandharva-pālibhir anudruta āviśad vāḥ
gandharva - pa
(who appeared like) leaders of the heavenly singers
alibhiḥ
by bees
anudrutaḥ
swiftly followed
āviśat
He entered
vāḥ
the water
śrānto gajībhir ibha-rāḍ iva bhinna-setuḥ
śrāntaḥ
tired
gajībhiḥ
together with His female elephant consorts
ibha - rāṭ
a lordly elephant
iva
as
bhinna
having broken
setuḥ
the walls of a paddy field .
  • ibha-rāṭ — a lordly elephant
    Ibha (elephant) + rāj (king). Royal-elephant simile recurs throughout SB for Bhagavān in līlā. Gauḍīyas: the simile dignifies — even in the most intimate moment Kṛṣṇa retains rāja-aiśvarya, never reduced to mere paramour.
  • kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ — colored by the vermilion from their breasts
    Sub-compound. Kuṅkuma = saffron-vermilion paste, the standard Vraja-cosmetic. The garland is now marked by their touch — Gauḍīyas: this material trace is itself the rasa's signature, recorded by the Lord's own body.
  • śramam apohitum — to dispel fatigue
    Śrama (fatigue) + apohitum (to remove). The pretext for water-play. Gauḍīyas: Bhagavān always has a līlā-pretext, never a real necessity. Even tiredness is a chosen mode of His pastime.
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s garland had been crushed during His conjugal dalliance with the gopīs and colored vermilion by the kuṅkuma powder on their breasts. To dispel the fatigue of the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa entered the water of the Yamunā, followed swiftly by bees who were singing like the best of the Gandharvas. He appeared like a lordly elephant entering the water to relax in the company of his consorts. Indeed, the Lord had transgressed all worldly and Vedic morality just as a powerful elephant might break the dikes in a paddy field.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Kṛṣṇa's garland had been crushed during His conjugal dalliance with the gopīs and colored vermilion by the kuṅkuma powder on their breasts. To dispel the fatigue of the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa entered the water of the Yamunā, followed swiftly by bees who were singing like the best of the Gandharvas. He appeared like a lordly elephant entering the water to relax in the company of his consorts. Indeed, the Lord had transgressed all worldly and Vedic morality just as a powerful elephant might break the dikes in a paddy field.
Commentary

They began to play in the water after the rasa utsava just as after the soma sacrifice the sponsor and his wife take an avabhrta bath. In order to remove fatigue, Krsna, followed by bees who were the best of singers (gandharva palabhih), entered the waters of the Yamuna (vah) along with the gopis, whose bodies were stained with kumkuma from their breasts disarrayed by their lovemaking, whose garlands were crushed by the contact with Krsna’s limbs, just as an elephant enjoys with female elephants, and breaks all enclosures to do so. Bhinna setu can also refer to Krsna, who broke all conventions.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Three verses describe the activities in prema when the Lord was overjoyed. Because of the special qualities of their pastimes in prema, the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa became fatigued. The garland crushed by contact with the gopīs became more fragrant because of the natural fragrance of their limbs. The word sva in sva-kuca (their own breasts) indicates that extraordinary nature of their breasts. Thus the bees pursued. The garland was made of jasmine flowers. It appeared beautiful with the whiteness being stained by the red kuṁkuma. It acted as an uddīpana of desire in their water sports. He entered the water of the Yamunā (vaḥ) along with them. An example is given. They entered with attraction for the water just as an elephant enters the water out of attachment with his many female elephants. He was followed by bees singing like leaders of the Gandharvas (gandharva-pa). Or gandarva-pā can mean the best of singers. He was followed by the bees which were the best of singers. Gandharva can mean a singer according to the Viśva-prakāśa. This produced the best singing suitable for water sports. Or, with whom did he entered the water? The gopīs, wearing garlands crushed by association with Kṛṣṇa, had kuṁkuma from their breasts spread over their bodies by absorption in amours play. With them he entered the water in order to alleviate his fatigue as well as theirs. The cause of their fatigue is mentioned as a separate topic. They had performed bold pastimes (bhinn-setur iva). Instead of sva-kuca sometimes sa kuca is seen. That is accepted by Śrīdhara Svāmī. Saḥ refers to Kṛṣṇa. He does not refer to sva in his commentary.

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Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
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A great elephant breaks the dam and enters the lake with his consorts — undeterred, unselfconscious, supreme. Kṛṣṇa enters the Yamunā with the gopīs that way: not sneaking in, but in royal procession, the bees His attendant gandharvas.

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