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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.38
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 38
- tasminn alupta-mahimā priyayānurakto
- vidyādharībhir upacīrṇa-vapur vimāne
- babhrāja utkaca-kumud-gaṇavān apīcyas
- tārābhir āvṛta ivoḍu-patir nabhaḥ-sthaḥ
tasminin that — in that; aluptanot lost — not lost; mahimāglory — glory; priyayāwith his beloved consort — with his beloved consort; anuraktaḥattached — attached; vidyādharībhiḥby the Gandharva girls — by the Gandharva girls; upacīrṇawaited upon — waited upon; vapuḥhis person — his person; vimāneon the airplane — on the airplane; babhrājahe shone — he shone; utkacaopen — open; kumutthe moon, which is followed by rows of lilies-gaṇavānthe moon, which is followed by rows of lilies — the moon, which is followed by rows of lilies; apīcyaḥvery charming — very charming; tārābhiḥby stars — by stars; āvṛtaḥsurrounded — surrounded; ivaas — as; uḍuthe moon (the chief of the stars)-patiḥthe moon (the chief of the stars) — the moon (the chief of the stars); nabhaḥin the sky-sthaḥin the sky — in the sky.
Though seemingly attached to his beloved consort while served by the Gandharva girls, the sage did not lose his glory, which was mastery over his self. In the aerial mansion Kardama Muni with his consort shone as charmingly as the moon in the midst of the stars in the sky, which causes rows of lilies to open in ponds at night.
The mansion was in the sky, and therefore the comparison to the full moon and stars is very beautifully composed in this verse. Kardama Muni looked like the full moon, and the girls who surrounded his wife, Devahūti, seemed just like the stars. On a full-moon night the stars and the moon together form a beautiful constellation; similarly, in that aerial mansion in the sky, Kardama Muni with his beautiful wife and the damsels surrounding them appeared like the moon and stars on a full-moon night.