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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 15]
TRANSLATION
The city was full of courtyards, wide roads, assembly houses, and not less than one hundred million airplanes. The crossroads were made of pearl, and there were sitting places made of diamond and coral.
TEXT 17
यत्र नित्यवयोरूपाः श्यामा विरजवाससः ।
आजन्ते रूपवभायो शचिभिरिव वह्नयः ॥१७॥
yatra nitya-vayo-rūpāḥ śyāmā viraja-vāsasaḥ bhrājante rūpavan-nāryo hy arcirbhir iva vahnayaḥ
yatra —in that city;  nitya-vayaḥ-rūpāḥ —who were ever beautiful and young;  śyāmāḥ —possessing the quality of  śyāmā ;  viraja-vāsasaḥ —always dressed with clean garments;  bhrājante —glitter;  rūpa-vat —well decorated;  nāryaḥ —women;  hi —certainly;  arcirbhiḥ —with many flames;  iva —like;  vahnayaḥ —fires.
TRANSLATION
Everlastingly beautiful and youthful women, who were dressed with clean garments, glittered in the city like fires with flames. They all possessed the quality of  śyāmā .
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura gives a hint of the quality of the  śyāmā  woman.
śūta-kāle bhaved uṣṇā uṣma-kāle suśītalāḥ stanau sukathinau yāsāṁ tāḥ śyāmāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
A woman whose body is very warm during the winter and cool during the summer and who generally has very firm breasts is called  śyāmā .