SB 1.10.17–18
रत्नदण्डं गुडाकेशः प्रियः प्रियतमस्य ह ॥ १७ ॥
उद्धवः सात्यकिश्चैव व्यजने परमाद्भुते ।
विकीर्यमाणः कुसुमै रेजे मधुपतिः पथि ॥ १८ ॥
ratna-daṇḍaṁ guḍākeśaḥ priyaḥ priyatamasya ha
uddhavaḥ sātyakiś caiva vyajane paramādbhute
vikīryamāṇaḥ kusumai reje madhu-patiḥ pathi
Synonyms
priyaḥ — [Kṛṣṇa’s] dear companion [Arjuna]; guḍākeśaḥ — who had conquered over sleep [(guḍākā nidrā tasyā īśo jita-nidro’rjunaḥ), or who was a master in the art of archery (guḍākā dhanur-vidyā tasyā īśa iti vā), meaning that he had crossed to the very end of the science of bowmanship (dhanur-veda-pāraga ity arthaḥ)43]; jagrāha ha — held; priyatamasya — [above the head] of his most beloved friend [Kṛṣṇa]; sita-ātapatram — a white umbrella [śveta-chatram44]; vibhūṣitam — decorated [alaṅkṛtam]; muktā-dāma — [with] strings of pearls [(mauktika-mālā) around its border (prānta-maṇḍalam)]; ratna-daṇḍam — [and] fitted with a gem-studded handle [ratna-khacita-daṇḍam]; uddhavaḥ — Uddhava; ca — and; sātyakiḥ — Sātyaki; eva — themselves [with their own hands (eva śabdaḥ sva-hastābhyām eva)]; [held (jagṛhatuḥ)45]; parama-adbhute — astoundingly beautiful; vyajane — fans [cāmare46]; vikīryamāṇaḥ — being showered [or enveloped (ācchādyamānaḥ)47]; kusumaiḥ — with flowers; pathi — along the way [mārge48]; madhu-patiḥ — Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the Madhus; reje — appeared radiantly beautiful [parama-śobhāṁ prāptavān49].
Translation
Kṛṣṇa’s dear companion Arjuna, who had conquered over sleep, held above the head of his most beloved friend [Kṛṣṇa] a white umbrella decorated with strings of pearls and fitted with a gem-studded handle. Uddhava and Sātyaki themselves held astoundingly beautiful fans. Being showered with flowers along the way, Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the Madhus, appeared radiantly beautiful.