SB 8.2.26 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स पुष्करेणोद्‌धृतशीकराम्बुभि- र्निपाययन्संस्‍नपयन्यथा गृही । घृणी करेणु: करभांश्च दुर्मदो नाचष्ट कृच्छ्रं कृपणोऽजमायया ॥ २६ ॥

Verse text

sa puṣkareṇoddhṛta-śīkarāmbubhir nipāyayan saṁsnapayan yathā gṛhī ghṛṇī kareṇuḥ karabhāṁś ca durmado nācaṣṭa kṛcchraṁ kṛpaṇo ’ja-māyayā

Synonyms

saḥ — he (the leader of the elephants) ; puṣkareṇa — with his trunk ; uddhṛta — by drawing out ; śīkara — ambubhiḥ — and sprinkling the water ; nipāyayan — causing them to drink ; saṁsnapayan — and bathing them ; yathā — as ; gṛhī — a householder ; ghṛṇī — always kind (to the members of his family) ; kareṇuḥ — to his wives, the female elephants ; karabhān — to the children ; ca — as well as ; durmadaḥ — who is too attached to the members of his family ; na — not ; ācaṣṭa — considered ; kṛcchram — hardship ; kṛpaṇaḥ — being without spiritual knowledge ; aja — māyayā — because of the influence of the external, illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead .

Translation

Like a human being who lacks spiritual knowledge and is too attached to the members of his family, the elephant, being illusioned by the external energy of Kṛṣṇa, had his wives and children bathe and drink the water. Indeed, he raised water from the lake with his trunk and sprayed it over them. He did not mind the hard labor involved in this endeavor.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Like a human being who lacks spiritual knowledge and is too attached to the members of his family, the elephant, illusioned by the external energy, had his wives and children bathe and drink the water with water raised by his trunk, without considering it an endeavor. He bathed his wives (kareṇuḥ) and children (karabhāṇ).