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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 3, Ch. 23
sāntaḥ sarasi veśma-sthāḥ śatāni daśa kanyakāḥ sarvāḥ kiśora-vayaso dadarśotpala-gandhayaḥ
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.
TEXT 27
तां दृष्ट्वा सहस्रोत्थाय प्रोचुः प्राञ्जलयः स्त्रियः । वयं कर्मकरीस्तुम्यं शाधि नः करवाम किम् ॥२७॥
tām dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ striyaḥ vayam karma-karīs tubhyam śādhi naḥ karavāma kim
tām—her; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; sahasā—suddenly; utthāya—rising up; procuḥ—they said; prāñjalayaḥ—with folded hands; striyaḥ—the damsels; vayam—we; karma-karīḥ—maidservants; tubhyam—for you; śādhi—please tell; naḥ—us; karavāma—we can do; kim—what.
TRANSLATION
Seeing her, the damsels suddenly rose and said with folded hands, “We are your maidservants. Tell us what we can do for you.”
PURPORT
While Devahūti was thinking of what to do in that great palace in her dirty clothes, there were at once, by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni, one thousand maidservants prepared to serve her. They appeared before Devahūti within the water and presented themselves as her maidservants, simply awaiting her orders.