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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 6 ]
TEXT 26
ययोस्तत्स्नानविभ्रष्टनवकुङ्कुमपिञ्जरम् वितृषोऽपि पिबन्त्यम्भः पाययन्तो गजा गजीः॥२६॥
yayos tat-snāna-vibhraṣṭa- nava-kuṅkuma-piñjaram vitṛṣo 'pi pibanty ambhaḥ pāyayanto gajā gajīḥ
yayoḥ —in both of which rivers;  tat-snāna —by the bathing of them (the damsels of the heavenly planets);  vibhraṣṭa —fallen off;  nava —fresh;  kuṅkuma —with  kuṅkuma  powder;  piñjaram —yellow;  vitṛṣaḥ —not being thirsty;  api —even;  pibanti —drink;  ambhaḥ —the water;  pāyayantaḥ —causing to drink;  gajāḥ —the elephants;  gajīḥ —the female elephants.
TRANSLATION
After the damsels of the heavenly planets bathe in the water, it becomes yellowish and fragrant due to the  kuṅkuma  from their bodies. Thus the elephants come to bathe there with their wives, the she-elephants, and they also drink the water, although they are not thirsty.
TEXT 27
तारहेममहारत्नविमानशतसंकुलाम् । जुष्टां पुण्यजनस्त्रीभिर्यथा स्वं सतडिद्वधनम् ॥२७॥
tāra-hema-mahāratna- vimāna-śata-saṅkulām juṣṭām puṇyajana-strībhir yathā kham sa-taḍid-ghanam
tāra-hema —of pearls and gold;  mahāratna —valuable jewels;  vimāna —of airplanes;  śata —with hundreds;  saṅkulām —crowded;  juṣṭām —occupied, enjoyed;  puṇyajana-strībhiḥ —by the wives of the Yakṣas;  yathā —as;  kham —the sky;  sa-taḍit-ghanam —with the lightning and the clouds.
TRANSLATION
The airplanes of the heavenly denizens are bedecked with pearls, gold, and many valuable jewels. The heavenly denizens are compared to clouds in the sky decorated with occasional flashes of electric lightning.