Canto 9, Chapter 1

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 27 (SB 9.1.27)
SB 9.1.27 • मूल श्लोक

तथा तदनुगा: सर्वे आत्मलिङ्गविपर्ययम् । दृष्ट्वा विमनसोऽभूवन् वीक्षमाणा: परस्परम् ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

tathā tad-anugāḥ sarve ātma-liṅga-viparyayam dṛṣṭvā vimanaso ’bhūvan vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tathā — similarly; tat-anugāḥ — the companions of Sudyumna; sarve — all of them; ātma-liṅga-viparyayam — the transformation of their sex into the opposite; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; vimanasaḥ — morose; abhūvan — they became; vīkṣamāṇāḥ — looking over; parasparam — one another.

Translation

“When his followers also saw their identities transformed and their sex reversed, they were all very morose and just looked at one another.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda