कदाचिद् रेणुका याता गङ्गायां पद्ममालिनम् । गन्धर्वराजं क्रीडन्तमप्सरोभिरपश्यत ॥ २ ॥
kadacid renuka yata gangayam padma-malinam gandharva-rajam kridantam apsarobhir apasyata
- kadacit
- once upon a time
- renuka
- Jamadagni’s wife, the mother of Lord Parasurama
- yata
- went
- gangayam
- to the bank of the River Ganges
- padma-malinam
- decorated with a garland of lotus flowers
- gandharva-rajam
- the King of the Gandharvas
- kridantam
- sporting
- apsarobhih
- with the Apsaras (heavenly society girls)
- apasyata
- she saw.
Once when Renuka, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Ganges to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting in the Ganges with celestial women (Apsaras).