SB 10.15.48
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 48
atha gāvaś ca gopāś ca
nidāghātapa-pīḍitāḥ
duṣṭaṁ jalaṁ papus tasyās
tṛṣṇārtā viṣa-dūṣitam
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
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.