Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.33

vitarkayanto bahudhā

tāḿ sandhyāḿ pramadākṛtim

abhisambhāvya viśrambhāt

paryapṛcchan kumedhasaḥ

SYNONYMS

vitarkayantaḥ — indulging in speculations; bahudhā — various kinds; tām — her; sandhyām — the evening twilight; pramadāa young woman; ākṛtimin the form of; abhisambhāvya — treating with great respect; viśrambhāt — fondly; paryapṛcchan — questioned; ku-medhasaḥ — wicked-minded.

TRANSLATION

Indulging in various speculations about the evening twilight, which appeared to them endowed with the form of a young woman, the wicked-minded asuras treated her with respect and fondly spoke to her as follows.

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