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ŚB 9.3.3

Devanagari

सा सखीभि: परिवृता विचिन्वन्त्यङ्‌घ्रिपान् वने ।
वल्मीकरन्ध्रे दद‍ृशे खद्योते इव ज्योतिषी ॥ ३ ॥

Text

sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā
vicinvanty aṅghripān vane
valmīka-randhre dadṛśe
khadyote iva jyotiṣī

Synonyms

— that Sukanyā; sakhībhiḥ — by her friends; parivṛtā — surrounded; vicinvantī — collecting; aṅghripān — fruits and flowers from the trees; vane — in the forest; valmīka-randhre — in the hole of an earthworm; dadṛśe — observed; khadyote — two luminaries; iva — like; jyotiṣī — two shining things.

Translation

While that Sukanyā, surrounded by her friends, was collecting various types of fruits from the trees in the forest, she saw within the hole of an earthworm two things glowing like luminaries.