SB 3.23.26

SB 3.23.26

Devanagari

सान्त:सरसि वेश्मस्था: शतानि दश कन्यका: । सर्वा: किशोरवयसो ददर्शोत्पलगन्धय: ॥ २६ ॥

Verse text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In the lake she saw a thousand young girls, all youthful and fragrant as lotuses, residing in a house.