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Chapter 23: Devahūti's Lamentation

Verse 26 of 54
SB 3.23.26

सान्तः सरसि वेश्मस्थाः शतानि दश कन्यकाः सर्वाः किशोरवयसो ददर्शोत्पलगन्धयः

sāntaḥ sarasi veśma-sthāḥ śatāni daśa kanyakāḥ sarvāḥ kiśora-vayaso dadarśotpala-gandhayaḥ

Synonyms

sā—she; antaḥ—inside; sarasi—in the lake; veśma-sthāḥ—situated in a house; śatāni daśa—ten hundred; kanyakāḥ—girls; sarvāḥ—all; kiśora-vayasaḥ—in 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.

Verse 26 of 54