Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 23: Devahūti's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.26

sāntaḥ sarasi veśma-sthāḥ

śatāni daśa kanyakāḥ

sarvāḥ kiśora-vayaso

dadarśotpala-gandhayaḥ

SYNONYMS

— she; antaḥ — inside; sarasiin the lake; veśma-sthāḥ — situated in a house; śatāni daśa — ten hundred; kanyakāḥ — girls; sarvāḥ — all; kiśora-vayasaḥin the prime of youth; dadarśa — she saw; utpala — like lotuses; gandhayaḥ — fragrant.

TRANSLATION

In a house inside the lake she saw one thousand girls, all in the prime of youth and fragrant like lotuses.

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