The master of the goddes of fortune resided happily in His capital city, Dvārakā, which was endowed with all opulences and populated by the most eminent Vrsnis and their gorgeously
dressed wives. When these beautiful women in the bloom of youth would play on the city's rooftops with balls and other toys, they shone like flashing lightning. The main streets of the city were always crowded with intoxicated elephants exuding ichor, and also with 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.
Lord Kṛṣṇa 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 utpala, kahlāra, kumuda, and ambhoja 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 mrdanga, panava, and ānaka drums, and as professional reciters known as Sutas, Māgadhas, and Vandis would play vinās and recite poems praising Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa would sport with His queens in the same way that the lord of the Yakṣas sports with the Yakṣi 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 Kṛṣṇa's queens shone with resplendent beauty.
Kṛṣṇa'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 Kṛṣṇa 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.