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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
- tāṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya
- procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ striyaḥ
- vayaṁ karma-karīs tubhyaṁ
- śādhi naḥ karavāma kim
tāmher — her; dṛṣṭvāseeing — seeing; sahasāsuddenly — suddenly; utthāyarising — rising; procuḥthey said — they said; prāñjalayaḥwith folded hands — with folded hands; striyaḥthe damsels — the damsels; vayamwe — we; karmamaidservants-karīḥmaidservants — maidservants; tubhyamfor you — for you; śādhiplease tell — please tell; naḥus — us; karavāmawe can do — we can do; kimwhat — what.
Seeing her, the damsels suddenly rose and said with folded hands, "We are your maidservants. Tell us what we can do for you."
While Devahūti was thinking of what to do in that great palace in her dirty clothes, there were at once, by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni, one thousand maidservants prepared to serve her. They appeared before Devahūti within the water and presented themselves as her maidservants, simply awaiting her orders.