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ŚB 3.23.26

Devanagari

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

Text

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.