SB 10.18.15 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

क्‍वचिच्च दर्दुरप्लावैर्विविधैरुपहासकै: । कदाचित् स्यन्दोलिकया कर्हिचिन्नृपचेष्टया ॥ १५ ॥

Verse text

kvacic ca dardura-plāvair vividhair upahāsakaiḥ kadācit syandolikayā karhicin nṛpa-ceṣṭayā

Synonyms

kvacit — sometimes ; ca — and ; dardura — like frogs ; plāvaiḥ — with jumping ; vividhaiḥ — various ; upahāsakaiḥ — with jokes ; kadācit — sometimes ; syandolikayā — with riding in swings ; karhicit — and sometimes ; nṛpa — ceṣṭayā — with pretending to be kings .

Translation

They would sometimes jump around like frogs, sometimes play various jokes, sometimes ride in swings and sometimes imitate monarchs.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

They would sometimes jump around like frogs, sometimes play various jokes, sometimes ride in swings and sometimes imitate monarchs. KB 10.18.15 They joked with one another by imitating croaking frogs, and they enjoyed swinging underneath the trees. Sometimes they would play amongst themselves like a king and his subjects.

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains the word nṛpa-ceṣṭayā as follows: In Vṛndāvana there was a particular place on the riverbank where people who wanted to cross the Yamunā would pay a small tax. At times the cowherd boys would assemble in this area and prevent the young girls of Vṛndāvana from crossing the river, insisting that they had to pay a customs duty first. Such activities were full of joking and laughter.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

From the third day of the waxing phase of sravana month they would play on swings (syandolika). Acting like kings and taking fees at the toll gate, they would obstruct the young girls with the intention of taking their hands.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Sometimes they would imitate various things and cause laughter (upahāsakaiḥ). Sometimes one of them would sit on a rock of Govardhana and pretend it was a throne and others would serve the king with cāmara, umbrella, flower pollen and other ingredients.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

They would cause laughter by imitating various things or assuming various forms which were famous or present among the people, with particular descriptive elements to define them.