Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.90.1-7
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श्रीशुक उवाच
सुखं स्वपुर्यां निवसन् द्वारकायां श्रिय: पति: ।
सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धायां जुष्टायां वृष्णिपुङ्गवै: ॥ १ ॥
स्त्रीभिश्चोत्तमवेषाभिर्नवयौवनकान्तिभि: ।
कन्दुकादिभिर्हर्म्येषु क्रीडन्तीभिस्तडिद्द्युभि: ॥ २ ॥
नित्यं सङ्कुलमार्गायां मदच्युद्भिर्मतङ्गजै: ।
स्वलङ्कृतैर्भटैरश्वै रथैश्च कनकोज्ज्वलै: ॥ ३ ॥
उद्यानोपवनाढ्यायां पुष्पितद्रुमराजिषु ।
निर्विशद् भृङ्गविहगैर्नादितायां समन्तत: ॥ ४ ॥
रेमे षोडशसाहस्रपत्नीनामेकवल्लभ: ।
तावद्विचित्ररूपोऽसौ तद्गेहेषु महर्द्धिषु ॥ ५ ॥
प्रोत्फुल्लोत्पलकह्लारकुमुदाम्भोजरेणुभि: ।
वासितामलतोयेषु कूजद्द्विजकुलेषु च ॥ ६ ॥
विजहार विगाह्याम्भो ह्रदिनीषु महोदय: ।
कुचकुङ्कुमलिप्ताङ्ग: परिरब्धश्च योषिताम् ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
sukhaṁ sva-puryāṁ nivasan
dvārakāyāṁ śriyaḥ patiḥ
sarva-sampat-samṛddhāyāṁ
juṣṭāyāṁ vṛṣṇi-puṅgavaiḥ
strībhiś cottama-veṣābhir
nava-yauvana-kāntibhiḥ
kandukādibhir harmyeṣu
krīḍantībhis taḍid-dyubhiḥ
nityaṁ saṅkula-mārgāyāṁ
mada-cyudbhir mataṅ-gajaiḥ
sv-alaṅkṛtair bhaṭair aśvai
rathaiś ca kanakojjvalaiḥ
udyānopavanāḍhyāyāṁ
puṣpita-druma-rājiṣu
nirviśad-bhṛṅga-vihagair
nāditāyāṁ samantataḥ
reme ṣoḍaśa-sāhasra-
patnīnāṁ eka-vallabhaḥ
tāvad vicitra-rūpo ’sau
tad-geheṣu maharddhiṣu
protphullotpala-kahlāra-
kumudāmbhoja-reṇubhiḥ
vāsitāmala-toyeṣu
kūjad-dvija-kuleṣu ca
vijahāra vigāhyāmbho
hradinīṣu mahodayaḥ
kuca-kuṅkuma-liptāṅgaḥ
parirabdhaś ca yoṣitām
Śukadeva Gosvamī said: The master of the goddess of fortune resided happily in His capital city, Dvārakā, which was endowed with all opulences and populated by the most eminent Vṛṣṇis and their gorgeously dressed wives. When these beautiful women in the bloom of youth would play on the city’s rooftops with balls and other toys, they shone like flashing lightning. The main streets of the city were always crowded with intoxicated elephants exuding mada, and also with cavalry, richly adorned infantrymen, and soldiers riding chariots brilliantly decorated with gold. Gracing the city were many gardens and parks with rows of flowering trees, where bees and birds would gather, filling all directions with their songs.
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