932
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 23]
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.
PURPORT
The mansion was in the sky, and therefore the comparison to the full moon and the 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.
TEXT 39
तेनाष्टलोकपविहारकुलाचलेन्द्र- द्रोणीस्त्रनङ्गसखमारुतसौभगासु । सिद्धैर्तुतो बुधुविपातशिवस्वनासु रेमे चिरं धनदवल्लतनावरूथी ॥३९॥
tenāṣṭa-lokapa-vihāra-kulācalendra- droṇīsv anaṅga-sakha-māruta-saubhagāsu siddhair nuto dyudhuni-pāta-śiva-svanāsu reme ciram dhanadaval-lalanā-varūthī
tena —by that airplane;  aṣṭa-lokapa —of the predominating deities of the eight heavenly planets;  vihāra —the pleasure grounds;  kula-acala-indra —of the king of mountains (Meru);  droṇīṣu —in the valleys;  anaṅga —of passion;  sakha —the companions;  māruta —with breezes;  saubhagāsu —beautiful;  siddhaiḥ —by the Siddhas;  nutaḥ —being praised;  dyudhuni —of the Ganges;  pāta —of the downfall;  śiva-svanāsu —vibrating with auspicious sounds;  reme —he enjoyed;  ciram —for a long time;  dhanada-vat —like Kuvera;  lalanā —by damsels;  varūthī —surrounded.