अथ गावश्च गोपाश्च निदाघातपपीडिता: । दुष्टं जलं पपुस्तस्यास्तृष्णार्ता विषदूषितम् ॥ ४८ ॥
atha gāvaś ca gopāś ca nidāghātapa-pīḍitāḥ duṣṭaṁ jalaṁ papus tasyās tṛṣṇārtā viṣa-dūṣitam
- atha
- then
- gāvaḥ
- the cows
- ca
- and
- gopāḥ
- the cowherd boys
- ca
- and
- nidāgha
- of the summer
- ātapa
- by the glaring sun
- pīḍitāḥ
- distressed
- duṣṭam
- contaminated
- jalam
- the water
- papuḥ
- they drank
- tasyāḥ
- of the river
- tṛṣa-ārtāḥ
- tormented by thirst
- viṣa
- by poison
- dūṣitam
- spoiled
At that time the cows and cowherd boys were feeling acute distress from the glaring summer sun. Afflicted by thirst, they drank the water of the Yamunā River. But it had been contaminated with poison.