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ŚB 10.67.12

Devanagari

तस्य धार्ष्‍ट्यं कपेर्वीक्ष्य तरुण्यो जातिचापला: ।
हास्यप्रिया विजहसुर्बलदेवपरिग्रहा: ॥ १२ ॥

Text

tasya dhārṣṭyaṁ kaper vīkṣya
taruṇyo jāti-cāpalāḥ
hāsya-priyā vijahasur
baladeva-parigrahāḥ

Synonyms

tasya — of him; dhārṣṭyam — the impudence; kapeḥ — of the ape; vīkṣya — seeing; taruṇyaḥ — the young women; jāti — by nature; cāpalāḥ — not serious; hāsya-priyāḥ — fond of laughter; vijahasuḥ — laughed loudly; baladeva-parigrahāḥ — the consorts of Lord Baladeva.

Translation

When Lord Baladeva’s consorts saw the ape’s impudence, they began to laugh. They were, after all, young girls who were fond of joking and prone to silliness.