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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 6]
TEXT 24
नन्दा चालकनन्दा च सरितौ बाह्यतः पुरः । तीर्थपादपदाम्भोजरजसातीव पावने ॥२४॥
nandā cālakanandā ca saritau bāhyataḥ puraḥ tīrthapāda-padāmbhoja rajasātīva pāvane
nandā —the Nandā;  ca —and;  alakanandā —the Alakanandā;  ca —and;  saritau —two rivers;  bāhyataḥ —outside;  puraḥ —from the city;  tīrthapāda —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  padāmbhoja —of the lotus feet;  rajasā —by the dust;  atīva —exceedingly;  pāvane —sanctified.
TRANSLATION
They also saw the two rivers named Nandā and Alakanandā. These two rivers are sanctified by the dust of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda.
TEXT 25
ययोः सुरत्रियः क्षत्रवरुह्य स्वधिष्ण्यतः । क्रीडन्ति पुंसः सिञ्चन्त्यो विगाह्य रतिकर्शिताः॥२५॥
yayoḥ sura-striyaḥ kṣattar avaruhya svadhiṣṇyataḥ krīḍanti puṁsaḥ siñcantyo vigāhya rati-karśitāḥ
yayoḥ —in both of which (rivers);  sura-striyaḥ —the celestial damsels along with their husbands;  kṣattaḥ —(O Vidura;  avaruhya —descending;  svadhiṣṇyataḥ —from their own airplanes;  krīḍanti —they play;  puṁsaḥ —their husbands;  siñcantyaḥ —sprinkling with water;  vigāhya —after entering (the water);  rati-karśitāḥ —whose enjoyment has become diminished.
TRANSLATION
My dear Kṣatta, Vidura, the celestial damsels came down to that river in their airplanes with their husbands, and after sex enjoyment, they entered the water and enjoyed sprinkling their husbands with water.
PURPORT
It is understood that even the damsels of the heavenly planets are polluted by thoughts of sex enjoyment, and therefore they come in