The main streets of the city were always crowded with intoxicated elephants exuding ichor, and als owith cavalry, richly adorned infantrymen, and soldiers riding chariots brilliantly decorated with gold. Gracing the city were many gardens and parks with rows of flowering trees, where bees and birds would gather, filling all directions with their songs. Rukmini appeared as enchanting as the Lord's illusory potency, who enchants even the sober and grave. Thus the kings gazed upon her virgin beauty, her shapely waist, and her lovely face adorned with earrings. Her hips were graced with a jewel-studded belt, her breasts were just budding, and her eyes seemed apprehensive of her encroaching locks of hair.
Rukmini smiled sweetly, her jasmine-bud teeth reflecting the glow of her bimba-red lips. As she walked with the motions of a royal swan, the effulgence of her tinkling ankle bells beautified her feet. Seeing her, the assembled heroes were totally bewildered. Lust tore at their hearts. Indeed, when the kings saw her broad smile and shy glance, they became stupefied, dropped their weapons and fell unconscious to the ground from their elephants, chariots and horses.
Lord Krishna was the sole beloved of His 16,108 wives. Expanding Himself into that many forms, He would enjoy with each of His queens in her own richly furnished residence.
On the grounds of these palaces were clear ponds fragrant with the pollen of blooming lotuses and filled with flocks of cooing birds.The almighty Lord would enter those ponds, and also various rivers, and enjoy sporting in the water while His wives embraced Him.
As Gandharvas would joyfully sing His praises to the accompaniment of drums, and as professional reciters would play vinas and recite poems praising Him, Lord Krishna would play with His wives in the water. Laughing, the queens would squirt water on Him with syringes, and He would squirt them back.
Thus Krishna would sport with His queens in the same way that the lord of the Yaksas sports with the Yaksi nymphs. The flowers tied in the large braids of the queens would scatter as they sprayed water on their consort, and on the plea of trying to take away His syringes, they would embrace Him. By His touch, their loving feelings would increase, causing their faces to beam with smiles.
Thus Lord Krishna's queens shone with resplendent beauty. Krishna's abundant locks of hair would become disheveled as a result of His absorption in the game. As the Lord would repeatedly spray His young consorts and they would spray Him in turn, He would enjoy Himself like the king of the elephants enjoying in the company of his bevy of she-elephants. Afterward, Lord Krishna and His wives would give the ornaments and clothing they had worn during their water sports to the male and female performers, who earned their livelihood from singing and from playing instrumental music.
