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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- haṁsa-pārāvata-vrātais
- tatra tatra nikūjitam
- kṛtrimān manyamānaiḥ svān
- adhiruhyādhiruhya ca
haṁsaof swans — of swans; pārāvataof pigeons — of pigeons; vrātaiḥwith multitudes — with multitudes; tatrahere and there tatrahere and there — here and there; nikūjitamvibrated — vibrated; kṛtrimānartificial — artificial; manyamānaiḥthinking — thinking; svānbelonging to their own kind — belonging to their own kind; adhiruhyarising repeatedly adhiruhyarising repeatedly — rising repeatedly; caand — and.
Here and there in that palace were multitudes of live swans and pigeons, as well as artificial swans and pigeons so lifelike that the real swans rose above them again and again, thinking them live birds like themselves. Thus the palace vibrated with the sounds of these birds.