Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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-śālāyām — in the house of the wives of the brāhmaṇas; dṛṣṭvā — seeing them; asīnāḥ — sitting; su-alańkṛtāḥ — nicely ornamented; natvā — bowing down to offer obeisances; dvija-satīḥ — to 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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