Text 9]
King Yayāti Regains His Youth
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TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: One day Vṛṣaparvā's daughter Śarmiṣṭhā, who was innocent but angry by nature, was walking with Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya, and with thousands of friends, in the palace garden. The garden was full of lotuses and trees of flowers and fruits and was inhabited by sweetly singing birds and bumblebees.
TEXT 8
ता जलाशयमासाद्य कन्याः कमललोचनाः । तीरे न्यस्य दुक्लानि विजहुः सिञ्चतीर्मिथः ॥ ८ ॥
tā jalāśayam āsādya kanyāḥ kamala-locanāḥ tīre nyasya dukūlāni vijahruḥ siñcatīr mithaḥ
tāḥ—they; jala-āśayam—to the lakeside; āsādya—coming; kanyāḥ—all the girls; kamala-locanāḥ—with eyes like lotus petals; tīre—on the bank; nyasya—giving up; dukūlāni—their dresses; vijahruḥ—began to sport; siñcatīḥ—throwing water; mithaḥ—on one another.
TRANSLATION
When the young, lotus-eyed girls came to the bank of a reservoir of water, they wanted to enjoy by bathing. Thus they left their clothing on the bank and began sporting, throwing water on one another.
TEXT 9
वीक्ष्य व्रजन्तं गिरिशं सह देव्या वृषस्थितम् । सहसोत्तीर्य वासांसि पर्यधुर्व्रीडिताः स्त्रियः ॥ ९ ॥
vīkṣya vrajantam giriśam saha devyā vṛṣa-sthitam sahasottīrya vāsāmsi paryadhur vrīditāḥ striyaḥ