Canto 9: LiberationChapter 3: The Marriage of Sukanyā and Cyavana Muni

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.3.3

sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā

vicinvanty ańghripān vane

valmīka-randhre dadṛśe

khadyote iva jyotiṣī

SYNONYMS

— that Sukanyā; sakhībhiḥ — by her friends; parivṛtā — surrounded; vicinvantī — collecting; ańghripān — fruits and flowers from the trees; vanein the forest; valmīka-randhrein the hole of an earthworm; dadṛśe — observed; khadyote — two luminaries; iva — like; jyotiṣī — two shining things.

TRANSLATION

While that Sukanyā, surrounded by her friends, was collecting various types of fruits from the trees in the forest, she saw within the hole of an earthworm two things glowing like luminaries.

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