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ŚB 10.69.13

Devanagari

तस्मिन् समानगुणरूपवय:सुवेष-
दासीसहस्रयुतयानुसवं गृहिण्या ।
विप्रो ददर्श चमरव्यजनेन रुक्‍म-
दण्डेन सात्वतपतिं परिवीजयन्त्या ॥ १३ ॥

Text

tasmin samāna-guṇa-rūpa-vayaḥ-su-veṣa-
dāsī-sahasra-yutayānusavaṁ gṛhiṇyā
vipro dadarśa cāmara-vyajanena rukma-
daṇḍena sātvata-patiṁ parivījayantyā

Synonyms

tasmin — therein; samāna — equal; guṇa — whose personal qualities; rūpa — beauty; vayaḥ — youth; su-veṣa — and fine dress; dāsī — by maidservants; sahasra — a thousand; yutayā — joined; anusavam — at every moment; gṛhiṇyā — together with His wife; vipraḥ — the learned brāhmaṇa (Nārada); dadarśa — saw; cāmara — of yak-tail; vyajanena — with a fan; rukma — gold; daṇḍena — whose handle; sātvata-patim — the Lord of the Sātvatas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; parivījayantyā — fanning.

Translation

In that palace the learned brāhmaṇa saw the Lord of the Sātvatas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, together with His wife, who fanned Him with a gold-handled yak-tail fan. She personally served Him in this way, even though she was constantly attended by a thousand maidservants equal to her in personal character, beauty, youth and fine dress.