Canto & Chapters
The Status Quo (33 Chapters)
Chapter 145v
Questions by Vidura
Chapter 234v
Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 328v
The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana
Chapter 436v
Vidura Approaches Maitreya
Chapter 551v
Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya
Chapter 640v
Creation of the Universal Form
Chapter 742v
Further Inquires by Vidura
Chapter 833v
Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
Chapter 943v
Brahmā’s Prayers for Creative Energy
Chapter 1029v
Divisions of the Creation
Chapter 1142v
Calculation of Time, from the Atom
Chapter 1257v
Creation of the Kumāras and Others
Chapter 1350v
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
Chapter 1450v
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
Chapter 1550v
Description of the Kingdom of God
Chapter 1637v
The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages
Chapter 1731v
Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
Chapter 1827v
The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
Chapter 1938v
The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
Chapter 2053v
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
Chapter 2150v
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
Chapter 2237v
The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti
Chapter 2354v
Devahūti’s Lamentation
Chapter 2446v
The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
Chapter 2543v
The Glories of Devotional Service
Chapter 2671v
Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
Chapter 2729v
Understanding Material Nature
Chapter 2844v
Kapila’s Instructions on the Execution of Devotional Service
Chapter 2943v
Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila
Chapter 3034v
Description by Lord Kapila of Adverse Fruitive Activities
Chapter 3147v
Lord Kapila’s Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities
Chapter 3238v
Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
Chapter 3336v
Activities of Kapila
Canto 3, Chapter 23

Devahūti’s Lamentation

Verse 38 (SB 3.23.38)
SB 3.23.38 • मूल श्लोक

तस्मिन्नलुप्तमहिमा प्रिययानुरक्तो विद्याधरीभिरुपचीर्णवपुर्विमाने । बभ्राज उत्कचकुमुद्गणवानपीच्य- स्ताराभिरावृत इवोडुपतिर्नभ:स्थ: ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

tasminn alupta-mahimā priyayānurakto vidyādharībhir upacīrṇa-vapur vimāne babhrāja utkaca-kumud-gaṇavān apīcyas tārābhir āvṛta ivoḍu-patir nabhaḥ-sthaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasmin — in that; alupta — not lost; mahimā — glory; priyayā — with his beloved consort; anuraktaḥ — attached; vidyādharībhiḥ — by the Gandharva girls; upacīrṇa — waited upon; vapuḥ — his person; vimāne — on the airplane; babhrāja — he shone; utkaca — open; kumut-gaṇavān — the moon, which is followed by rows of lilies; apīcyaḥ — very charming; tārābhiḥ — by stars; āvṛtaḥ — surrounded; iva — as; uḍu-patiḥ — the moon (the chief of the stars); nabhaḥ-sthaḥ — in the sky.

Translation

“Though seemingly attached to his beloved consort while served by the Gandharva girls, the sage did not lose his glory, which was mastery over his self. In the aerial mansion, Kardama Muni with his consort shone as charmingly as the moon in the midst of the stars in the sky, which causes rows of lilies to open in ponds at night.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The mansion was in the sky, and therefore the comparison to the full moon and stars is very beautifully composed in this verse. Kardama Muni looked like the full moon, and the girls who surrounded his wife, Devahūti, seemed just like the stars. On a full-moon night the stars and the moon together form a beautiful constellation. Similarly, in that aerial mansion in the sky, Kardama Muni with his beautiful wife and the damsels surrounding them appeared like the moon and stars on a full-moon night.