Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.69.1-6
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श्रीशुक उवाच
नरकं निहतं श्रुत्वा तथोद्वाहं च योषिताम् ।
कृष्णेनैकेन बह्वीनां तद् दिदृक्षु: स्म नारद: ॥ १ ॥
चित्रं बतैतदेकेन वपुषा युगपत्पृथक् ।
गृहेषु द्वयष्टसाहस्रं स्त्रिय एक उदावहत् ॥ २ ॥
इत्युत्सुको द्वारवतीं देवर्षिर्द्रष्टुमागमत् ।
पुष्पितोपवनारामद्विजालिकुलनादिताम् ॥ ३ ॥
उत्फुल्लेन्दीवराम्भोजकह्लारकुमुदोत्पलै: ।
छुरितेषु सर:सूच्चै: कूजितां हंससारसै: ॥ ४ ॥
प्रासादलक्षैर्नवभिर्जुष्टां स्फाटिकराजतै: ।
महामरकतप्रख्यै: स्वर्णरत्नपरिच्छदै: ॥ ५ ॥
विभक्तरथ्यापथचत्वरापणै:
शालासभाभी रुचिरां सुरालयै: ।
संसिक्तमार्गाङ्गनवीथिदेहलीं
पतत्पताकध्वजवारितातपाम् ॥ ६ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
narakaṁ nihataṁ śrutvā
tathodvāhaṁ ca yoṣitām
kṛṣṇenaikena bahvīnāṁ
tad-didṛkṣuḥ sma nāradaḥ
citraṁ bataitad ekena
vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak
gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ
striya eka udāvahat
ity utsuko dvāravatīṁ
devarṣir draṣṭum āgamat
puṣpitopavanārāma-
dvijāli-kula-nāditām
utphullendīvarāmbhoja-
kahlāra-kumudotpalaiḥ
churiteṣu saraḥsūccaiḥ
kūjitāṁ haṁsa-sārasaiḥ
prāsāda-lakṣair navabhir
juṣṭāṁ sphāṭika-rājataiḥ
mahā-marakata-prakhyaiḥ
svarṇa-ratna-paricchadaiḥ
vibhakta-rathyā-patha-catvarāpaṇaiḥ
śālā-sabhābhī rucirāṁ surālayaiḥ
saṁsikta-mārgāṅgana-vīthi-dehalīṁ
patat-patāka-dhvaja-vāritātapām
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Hearing that Lord Kṛṣṇa had killed Narakāsura and had alone married many brides, Nārada Muni desired to see the Lord in this situation. He thought, “It is quite amazing that in a single body Lord Kṛṣṇa simultaneously married sixteen thousand women, each in a separate palace.” Thus the sage of the demigods eagerly went to Dvārakā. The city was filled with the sounds of birds and bees flying about the parks and pleasure gardens, while its lakes, crowded with blooming indīvara, ambhoja, kahlāra, kumuda and utpala lotuses, resounded with the calls of swans and cranes. Dvārakā boasted nine hundred thousand royal palaces, all constructed with crystal and silver and splendorously decorated with huge emeralds. Inside these palaces, the furnishings were bedecked with gold and jewels. Traffic moved along a well-laid-out system of boulevards, roads, intersections and marketplaces, and many assembly houses and temples of demigods graced the charming city. The roads, courtyards, commercial streets and residential patios were all sprinkled with water and shaded from the sun’s heat by banners waving from flagpoles.
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