Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.75.14
స్వలఙ్కృతా నరా నార్యో గన్ధస్రగ్భూషణామ్బరై: ।
విలిమ్పన్త్యోఽభిసిఞ్చన్త్యో విజహ్రుర్వివిధై రసై: ॥ ౧౪ ॥
sv-alaṇkṛtā narā nāryo
[sv-alankritaa naraa naaryo]
gandha-srag-bhūṣaṇāmbaraiḥ
[gandha-srag-bhooshanaambaraih]
vilimpantyo ’bhisiñcantyo
[vilimpantyo ’bhisinchantyo]
vijahrur vividhai rasaiḥ
[vijahrur vividhai rasaih]
Word-for-word
su - alaṅkṛtāḥ
—
well decorated
narāḥ
—
men
nāryaḥ
—
and women
gandha
—
with sandalwood paste
srak
—
flower garlands
bhūṣaṇa
—
jewelry
ambaraiḥ
—
and clothing
vilimpantyaḥ
—
smearing
abhiṣiñcantyaḥ
—
and sprinkling
vijahruḥ
—
they played
vividhaiḥ
—
various
rasaiḥ
—
with liquids .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sv-alaṇkṛtā narā nāryo
su - alaṅkṛtāḥ
well decorated
narāḥ
men
nāryaḥ
and women
gandha-srag-bhūṣaṇāmbaraiḥ
gandha
with sandalwood paste
srak
flower garlands
bhūṣaṇa
jewelry
ambaraiḥ
and clothing
vilimpantyo ’bhisiñcantyo
vilimpantyaḥ
smearing
abhiṣiñcantyaḥ
and sprinkling
vijahrur vividhai rasaiḥ
vijahruḥ
they played
vividhaiḥ
various
rasaiḥ
with liquids .
Important Words
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su-alaṅkṛtāḥ
—
well decorated
Compound: su (well) + alaṅkṛta (ornamented). Gauḍīya bhakti does not reject ornament; the dehī ornaments the deha when the deha serves the Deha-dhārī. Aesthetic abundance is itself a yajña-limb.
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gandha-srak-bhūṣaṇa-ambaraiḥ
—
with sandalwood, garlands, jewelry and clothes
Four-fold compound listing the classical śṛṅgāra elements. The same items Vraja gopīs use to dress Kṛṣṇa's deity now decorate Yudhiṣṭhira's celebrants — the link is intentional.
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vilimpantyaḥ
—
smearing
Present participle feminine plural — the women smear. Gauḍīya note: when the spirit of yajña is intact, even play (līlā in the small sense) becomes sacred.
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vividhaiḥ-rasaiḥ
—
with various liquids
Rasa here means literal liquid (perfumes, dyes). But the Bhāgavatam's habitual second meaning shadows the word — devotional rasa is always implied; the festival fluids are emblems of the deeper sweetness.
Men and women, all adorned with sandalwood paste, flower garlands, jewelry and fine clothing, sported by smearing and sprinkling one another with various liquids.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Men and women, all adorned with sandalwood paste, flower garlands, jewelry and fine clothing, sported by smearing and sprinkling one another with various liquids.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
The women especially were anointed with ointments. Or everyone smeared in various manners (vilimpantyaḥ) and sprinkled various liquids.
Related values & verses
Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Prema (Divine Love)
Concepts
RasaJiva
Personal Guidance
Analogy
A devotee's festival is sensuous without being sensual — like Holī in a temple. The smearing and sprinkling here are not lust's play but joy's overflow, because the center is Kṛṣṇa, not the body. The same gesture in two hearts means two different things.
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