Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 23: The Brāhmaṇas' Wives Blessed

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.23.15

gatvātha patnī-śālāyāḿ

dṛṣṭvāsīnāḥ sv-alańkṛtāḥ

natvā dvija-satīr gopāḥ

praśritā idam abruvan

SYNONYMS

gatvā — going; atha — then; patnī-śālāyāmin the house of the wives of the brāhmaṇas; dṛṣṭvā — seeing them; asīnāḥ — sitting; su-alańkṛtāḥ — nicely ornamented; natvā — bowing down to offer obeisances; dvija-satīḥto the chaste wives of the brāhmaṇas; gopāḥ — the cowherd boys; praśritāḥ — humbly; idam — this; abruvan — spoke.

TRANSLATION

The cowherd boys then went to the house where the brāhmaṇas' wives were staying. There the boys saw those chaste ladies sitting, nicely decorated with fine ornaments. Bowing down to the brāhmaṇa ladies, the boys addressed them in all humility.

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