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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- vihāra-sthāna-viśrāma-
- saṁveśa-prāṅgaṇājiraiḥ
- yathopajoṣaṁ racitair
- vismāpanam ivātmanaḥ
vihārapleasure grounds-sthānapleasure grounds — pleasure grounds; viśrāmaresting chambers — resting chambers; saṁveśabedrooms — bedrooms; prāṅgaṇainner yards — inner yards; ajiraiḥwith outer yards — with outer yards; yathāaccording to comfort-upajoṣamaccording to comfort — according to comfort; racitaiḥwhich were designed — which were designed; vismāpanamcausing astonishment — causing astonishment; ivaindeed — indeed; ātmanaḥto himself (Kardama) — to himself (Kardama).
The castle had pleasure grounds, resting chambers, bedrooms and inner and outer yards designed with an eye to comfort. All this caused astonishment to the sage himself.
Kardama Muni, being a saintly person, was living in a humble hermitage, but when he saw the palace constructed by his yogic powers, which was full of resting rooms, rooms for sex enjoyment, and inner and outer yards, he himself was astonished. That is the way of a God-gifted person. A devotee like Kardama Muni exhibited such opulence by his yogic power at the request of his wife, but when the opulence was produced, he himself could not understand how such manifestations could be possible. When a yogī's power is exhibited, the yogī himself is sometimes astonished.