SB 11.9.5

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 9: Detachment from All that Is Material

SB 11.9.4 - SB 11.9.6

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 5

kvacit kumārī tv ātmānaṁ

vṛṇānān gṛham āgatān

svayaṁ tān arhayām āsa

kvāpi yāteṣu bandhuṣu

SYNONYMS

kvacit—once; kumārī—a young girl; tu—indeed; ātmānam—herself; vṛṇānān—desiring as a wife; gṛham—to the house; āgatān—arrived; svayam—herself; tān—those men; arhayām āsa—received with great hospitality; kva api—to another place; yāteṣu—when they had gone; bandhuṣu—all her relatives.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Once a marriageable young girl was alone in her house because her parents and relatives had gone that day to another place. At that time a few men arrived at the house, specifically desiring to marry her. She received them with all hospitality.

SB 11.9.4 - SB 11.9.6