920 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 23

stones. The stones have been taken away by the authorities, but the
decorations are still present in some of the castles constructed by the
Mogul emperors in New Delhi. The royal palaces were built with jewels
and rare stones like eyes, and thus at night they would give off reflective
light without need of lamps.

TEXT 20

garantie oat frafiay |
Sar aaa: Alahreat ser F NRell

hamsa-pardvata-vratais
tatra tatra nikijitam
krtriman manyamanath svan
adhiruhyadhiruhya ca

hamsa—of swans; paravata—of pigeons; vralai—with multitudes; tatra
tatra—here and there; nikajitam—vibrated; krtriman—artificial; manya-
manaih—thinking; svan—belonging to their own kind; adhiruhya adhiruhya
—rising up repeatedly; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

Here and there in that palace were multitudes of live swans and pigeons,
as well as artificial swans and pigeons so lifelike that the real swans rose
above them again and again, thinking them live birds like themselves. Thus
the palace vibrated with the sounds of these birds.

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fererararaangmte: |
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vihdra-sthana-visrama-
samvesa-pranganajirath

yathopajosam racilair
vismapanam ivalmanah

vihara-sthana—pleasure grounds; visrdma—resting chambers; samvesa—
bedrooms; prangana—inner yards; ajiraih—with outer yards; yatha-upajosam
