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ŚB 10.23.15

Devanagari

गत्वाथ पत्नीशालायां द‍ृष्ट्वासीना: स्वलङ्कृता: ।
नत्वा द्विजसतीर्गोपा: प्रश्रिता इदमब्रुवन् ॥ १५ ॥

Text

gatvātha patnī-śālāyāṁ
dṛṣṭvāsīnāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ
natvā dvija-satīr gopāḥ
praśritā idam abruvan

Synonyms

gatvā — going; atha — then; patnī-śālāyām — in the house of the wives of the brāhmaṇas; dṛṣṭvā — seeing them; asīnāḥ — sitting; su-alaṅkṛtāḥ — nicely ornamented; natvā — bowing down to offer obeisances; dvija-satīḥ — to the chaste wives of the brāhmaṇas; gopāḥ — the cowherd boys; praśritāḥ — humbly; idam — this; abruvan — spoke.

Translation

The cowherd boys then went to the house where the brāhmaṇas’ wives were staying. There the boys saw those chaste ladies sitting, nicely decorated with fine ornaments. Bowing down to the brāhmaṇa ladies, the boys addressed them in all humility.