Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.25

ańgaḿ ca mala-pańkena

sañchannaḿ śabala-stanam

āviveśa sarasvatyāḥ

saraḥ śiva-jalāśayam

SYNONYMS

ańgam — body; ca — and; mala-pańkena — with dirt; sañchannam — covered; śabala — discolored; stanam — breasts; āviveśa — she entered; sarasvatyāḥ — of the River Sarasvatī; saraḥ — the lake; śiva — sacred; jala — waters; āśayam — containing.

TRANSLATION

Her body was coated with a thick layer of dirt, and her breasts were discolored. She dove, however, into the lake, which contained the sacred waters of the Sarasvatī.

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