ययोस्तत्स्नानविभ्रष्टनवकुङ्कुमपिञ्जरम् । वितृषोऽपि पिबन्त्यम्भ: पाययन्तो गजा गजी: ॥ २६ ॥
yayos tat-snana-vibhrasta- nava-kunkuma-pinjaram vitrso ’pi pibanty ambhah payayanto gaja gajih
- yayoh
- in both of which rivers
- tat-snana
- by the bathing of them (the damsels of the heavenly planes)
- vibhrasta
- fallen off
- nava
- fresh
- kunkuma
- with kunkuma powder
- pinjaram
- yellow
- vitrsah
- not being thirsty
- api
- even
- pibanti
- drink
- ambhah
- the water
- payayantah
- causing to drink
- gajah
- the elephants
- gajih
- the female elephants.
After the damsels of the heavenly planes bathe in the water, it becomes yellowish and fragrant due to the kunkuma from their bodies. Thus the elephants come to bathe there with their wives, the she-elephants, and they also drink the water, although they are not thirsty.