SB 3.23.26

SB 3.23.26

Devanagari

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

Verse 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In the lake she saw a thousand young girls, all youthful and fragrant as lotuses, residing in a house.