Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.33.23
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sva-ratiḥ
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satisfied within Himself
Sva (own) + rati (delight). Bhagavān's rati is internal, ātma-ārāma. Gauḍīyas: even when the gopīs splash Him, His delight is internally sourced — but He freely lets it appear externally elicited, as līlā.
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gaja-indra-līlaḥ
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whose playing was like a king of elephants
Gaja (elephant) + indra (chief) + līlā (play). The royal-elephant frame returns from v.22. Gauḍīyas: the recurrence is deliberate — Śuka anchors the water-līlā in dignified register before Parīkṣit's question.
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vaimānikaiḥ
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by those traveling in airplanes
Vimāna = celestial chariot. Devas observing from above — the upper worlds are spectators to Vraja, not its judges. Gauḍīyas: heaven looks down on Vraja and worships; the moral order is settled at v.23 before v.26's doubt.
There are two versions premneksita glancing with prema, and premnoksita, moistened with prema. Being splashed with water by the loudly laughing gopis, who gazed at with love, or who moistened him with love, he, the treasure of pastimes (sva ratih), worshipped by showers of flowers from the devatas, enjoyed with them.
He sprinkled with water by the young women (yuvatibhiḥ), who were expert at this, absorbed in the rasa of playing in the water. He was sprinkled with water, in the water, from all directions (itas tataḥ), even though they looked at him with prema. Premṇokṣitaḥ (showered with prema) is another version. This indicates that internally and externally he was absorbed in that play. The gopīs laughed loudly because of hāsya-rasa, while he enjoyed (reme). They also were internally and externally absorbed in this play. In this way he enjoyed within himself (sva-ratiḥ). How is this described? He was like the king of the elephants in his pastimes, a person whose pastimes are full of power. How is this described? He was praised with showers of flowers from airplanes. This means he had evident, supreme glory to be praised at all times everywhere. This phrase cannot be explained otherwise, because the devatās were not qualified for this pastime. Śukadeva calls out to Parīkṣit in joy (aṅga). Or, sva-ratiḥ can mean “he had attachment for his own gopīs (sva).” Thus even if he was victorious in the games, they were satisfied with his victory. Or, “Please describe the water pastimes in detail.” He had extraordinary (sva) pastimes (ratiḥ). The pastimes are impossible to describe without giving an example.
A herd of female elephants splashing the king-elephant — even royalty surrenders to play in the cool water. The gopīs splash the Lord of all worlds and He responds with laughter; this is the only sovereignty in the universe that consents to be drenched.
My note
Source: vedabase.io