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ŚB 10.30.15

Devanagari

कस्याचित् पूतनायन्त्या: कृष्णायन्त्यपिबत् स्तनम् ।
तोकयित्वा रुदत्यन्या पदाहन् शकटायतीम् ॥ १५ ॥

Text

kasyācit pūtanāyantyāḥ
kṛṣṇāyanty apibat stanam
tokayitvā rudaty anyā
padāhan śakaṭāyatīm

Synonyms

kasyācit — of one of the gopīs; pūtanāyantyāḥ — who was acting like the witch Pūtanā; kṛṣṇāyantī — another, who was acting like Kṛṣṇa; apibat — drank; stanam — from the breast; tokayitvā — acting like an infant; rudatī — crying; anyā — another; padā — with her foot; ahan — struck; śakaṭā-yatīm — another, who was imitating a cart.

Translation

One gopī imitated Pūtanā, while another acted like infant Kṛṣṇa and pretended to suck her breast. Another gopī, crying in imitation of infant Kṛṣṇa, kicked a gopī who was taking the role of the cart demon, Śakaṭāsura.