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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
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Canto 3: The Status Quo
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SB 3.23: Devahūti’s Lamentation
SB 3.23.26
sāntaḥ sarasi veśma-sthāḥ
śatāni daśa kanyakāḥ
sarvāḥ kiśora-vayaso
dadarśotpala-gandhayaḥ
Word for word:
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.
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