Canto 3, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 26 (SB 3.23.26)
SB 3.23.26 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

sāntaḥ sarasi veśma-sthāḥ śatāni daśa kanyakāḥ sarvāḥ kiśora-vayaso dadarśotpala-gandhayaḥ

Synonyms (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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda