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Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
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वारुणीं मदिरां पीत्वा मदाघूर्णितलोचनौ । स्त्रीजनैरनुगायद्धिश्चेरतुः पुष्पिते वने ॥ ३ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca rudrasyānucarau bhūtvā sudrptau dhanadātmajau kailāsopavane ramye mandākinyām madotkaṭau
vāruṇīm madirām pītvā madāghūrṇita-locanau strī-janair anugāyadbhiś ceratuḥ puṣpite vane
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied; rudrasya—of Lord Śiva; anucarau—two great devotees or associates; bhūtvā—being elevated to that post; su-drptau—being proud of that position and their beautiful bodily features; dhanada-ātmajau—the two sons of Kuvera, treasurer of the demigods; kailāsa-upavane—in a small garden attached to Kailāsa Parvata, the residence of Lord Śiva; ramye—in a very beautiful place; mandākinyām—on the River Mandākinī; mada-utkaṭau—terribly proud and mad; vāruṇīm—a kind of liquor named Vāruṇī; madirām—intoxication; pītvā—drinking; mada-āghūrṇita-locanau—their eyes rolling with intoxication; strī-janaiḥ—with women; anugāyadbhiḥ—vibrating songs sung by them; ceratuḥ—wandered; puṣpite vane—in a nice flower garden.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, because the two sons of Kuvera had been elevated to the association of Lord Śiva, of which they were very much proud, they were allowed to wander in a garden attached to Kailāsa Hill, on the bank of the Mandākinī River. Taking advantage of this, they used to drink a kind of liquor called Vāruṇī. Accompanied by women singing after them, they would wander in that garden of flowers, their eyes always rolling in intoxication.