SB 3.23.25 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

अङ्गं च मलपङ्केन संछन्नं शबलस्तनम् ।

आविवेश सरस्वत्या: सर: शिवजलाशयम् ॥ २५ ॥

Verse text

aṅgaṁ ca mala-paṅkena

sañchannaṁ śabala-stanam

āviveśa sarasvatyāḥ

saraḥ śiva-jalāśayam

Synonyms

aṅgam — body ; ca — and ; mala-paṅkena — with dirt ; sañchannam — covered ; śabala — discolored ; stanam — breasts ; āviveśa — she entered ; sarasvatyāḥ — of the river Sarasvatī ; saraḥ — the lake ; śiva — sacred ; jala — waters ; āśayam — containing.

Translation

Her body was coated with a thick layer of dirt, and her breasts were discolored. She dove, however, into the lake, which contained the sacred waters of the Sarasvatī.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Following the words of her husband, the lotus eyed Devahūti, with matted locks of hair and wearing dirty clothing, whose breasts were discolored, being covered with dirt, entered the lake of auspicious water filled by the Sarasvatī River. Samādāya means “respecting.”