194 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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.

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yatra nitya-vayo-riipah
Syama viraja-vasasah
bhrajante riipavan-naryo
hy arcirbhir iva vahnayah

yatra—in that city; nitya-vayah-ripah—who were ever beautiful
and young; syamah—possessing the quality of Syam4; viraja-vésasah—
always dressed with clean garments; bhrajante—glitter; ripa-vat—well
decorated; na@ryah—women; hi—certainly; arcirbhih—with many
flames; iva—like; vahnayah—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 syama.

PURPORT

Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives a hint of the quality of the
Syamé woman.
Sita-kale bhaved usna
usma-kale susitalah
stanau sukathinau yasarm
tah syamah parikirtitah

A woman whose body is very warm during the winter and cool during
the summer and who generally has very firm breasts is called Syama.
