924 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 23

sdntah sarasi vesma-sthah
Satani dasa kanyakah

sarvah kisora-vayaso
dadarsolpala-gandhayah

sa—she;antah—inside; sarasi—in the lake; vesma-sthah—situated in a house;
Saldni dasa—ten hundred; kanyakah—girls; sarvah—all; kigsora-vayasah—in
the prime of youth; dadarsa—she saw; ultpala—like lotuses; gandhayah—
fragrant.

TRANSLATION

In a house inside the lake she saw one thousand girls, all in the prime of
youth and fragrant like lotuses.

TEXT 27

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tam drstva sahasolthaya
procuh praijalayah striyah

vayarn karma-karis tubh yam
§adhi nah karavama kim

tam—her; drstva—seeing; sahasd—suddenly ; utthdya—rising up; procuh—
they said; prafjalayah—with folded hands; striyah—the damsels; vayam—we;
karma-karth—maidservants; tubhyam—for you; sadhi—please tell; nah—us;
karavama—we can do; kim—what.

TRANSLATION

Seeing her, the damsels suddenly rose and said with folded hands, “We
are your maidservants. Tell us what we can do for you.”

PURPORT

While Devahuti was thinking of what to do in that great palace in her
dirty clothes, there were at once, by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni,
one thousand maidservants prepared to serve her. They appeared before
Devahuti within the water and presented themselves as her maidservants,
simply awaiting her orders.
