Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.71.16

naroṣṭra-go-mahiṣa-kharāśvatary-anaḥ

kareṇubhiḥ parijana-vāra-yoṣitaḥ

sv-alańkṛtāḥ kaṭa-kuṭi-kambalāmbarādy-

upaskarā yayur adhiyujya sarvataḥ

SYNONYMS

nara — by human carriers; uṣṭra — camels; go — bulls; mahiṣa — buffalo; khara — donkeys; aśvatarī — mules; anaḥ — bullock carts; kareṇubhiḥ — and female elephants; parijana — of the household; vāra — and of public use; yoṣitaḥ — the women; su-alańkṛtāḥ — well decorated; kaṭa — made of grass; kuṭi — huts; kambala — blankets; ambara — clothing; ādi — and so on; upaskarāḥ — whose paraphernalia; yayuḥ — they went; adhiyujya — having loaded; sarvataḥ — on all sides.

TRANSLATION

On all sides proceeded finely adorned women — attendants of the royal household, as well as courtesans. They rode on palanquins and camels, bulls and buffalo, donkeys, mules, bullock carts and elephants. Their conveyances were fully loaded with grass tents, blankets, clothes and other items for the trip.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the household attendants mentioned here included washerwomen and other helpers.

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