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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.27

tāḿ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya

procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ striyaḥ

vayaḿ karma-karīs tubhyaḿ

śādhi naḥ karavāma kim

SYNONYMS

tām — her; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; sahasā — suddenly; utthāya — rising; procuḥ — they said; prāñjalayaḥ — with folded hands; striyaḥ — the damsels; vayam — we; karma-karīḥ — maidservants; tubhyam — for you; śādhi — please tell; naḥ — us; karavāma — we can do; kim — what.

TRANSLATION

Seeing her, the damsels suddenly rose and said with folded hands, "We are your maidservants. Tell us what we can do for you."

PURPORT

While Devahūti was thinking of what to do in that great palace in her dirty clothes, there were at once, by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni, one thousand maidservants prepared to serve her. They appeared before Devahūti within the water and presented themselves as her maidservants, simply awaiting her orders.

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