SB 10.71.16 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

नरोष्ट्रगोमहिषखराश्वतर्यन:- करेणुभि: परिजनवारयोषित: । स्वलङ्कृता: कटकुटिकम्बलाम्बरा- द्युपस्करा ययुरधियुज्य सर्वत: ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

naroṣṭra-go-mahiṣa-kharāśvatary-anaḥ kareṇubhiḥ parijana-vāra-yoṣitaḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ kaṭa-kuṭi-kambalāmbarādy- upaskarā yayur adhiyujya sarvataḥ

Synonyms

nara — by human carriers ; uṣṭra — camels ; go — bulls ; mahiṣa — buffalo ; khara — donkeys ; aśvatarī — mules ; anaḥ — bullock carts ; kareṇubhiḥ — and female elephants ; parijana — of the household ; vāra — and of public use ; yoṣitaḥ — the women ; su — alaṅkṛtāḥ — well decorated ; kaṭa — made of grass ; kuṭi — huts ; kambala — blankets ; ambara — clothing ; ādi — and so on ; upaskarāḥ — whose paraphernalia ; yayuḥ — they went ; adhiyujya — having loaded ; sarvataḥ — on all sides .

Translation

On all sides proceeded finely adorned women-attendants of the royal household, as well as courtesans. They rode on palanquins and camels, bulls and buffalo, donkeys, mules, bullock carts and elephants. Their conveyances were fully loaded with grass tents, blankets, clothes and other items for the trip.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

On all sides proceeded finely adorned women-attendants of the royal household, as well as courtesans. They rode on palanquins and camels, bulls and buffalo, donkeys, mules, bullock carts and elephants. Their conveyances were fully loaded with grass tents, blankets, clothes and other items for the trip. KB 10.71.16 In the rear of the procession were the wives and children of all the other followers, and there were many society girls also following. Many beasts of burden like bulls, buffalo, mules and asses carried the camps, bedding and carpets, and the women who followed were seated in separate palanquins on the backs of camels.

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the household attendants mentioned here included washerwomen and other helpers.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Female servants such as washerwomen went, tying firmly on the camels household goods (upaskara) such as houses made of usira grass.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Nara means palanquins carried by me. Go means bulls. Parimana means attendants like washermen. The equipment was loaded on the carts.