Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.27-28

[makarand]

TEXT 27

tathā tad-anugāḥ sarve

ātma-liṅga-viparyayam

dṛṣṭvā vimanaso ’bhūvan

vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam

SYNONYMS

tathā—similarly; tat-anugāḥ—the companions of Sudyumna; sarve—all of them; ātma-liṅga-viparyayam—the transformation of their sex into the opposite; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; vimanasaḥ—morose; abhūvan—they became; vīkṣamāṇāḥ—looking over; parasparam—one another.

TRANSLATION

When his followers also saw their identities transformed and their sex reversed, they were all very morose and just looked at one another.

TEXT 28

śrī-rājovāca

katham evaṁ guṇo deśaḥ

kena vā bhagavan kṛtaḥ

praśnam enaṁ samācakṣva

paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi naḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca—Mahārāja Parīkṣit said; katham—how; evam—this; guṇaḥ—quality; deśaḥ—the country; kena—why; vā—either; bhagavan—O most powerful; kṛtaḥ—it was so done; praśnam—question; enam—this; samācakṣva—just deliberate; param—very much; kautūhalam—eagerness; hi—indeed; naḥ—our.

TRANSLATION

Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O most powerful brāhmaṇa, why was this place so empowered, and who made it so powerful? Kindly answer this question, for I am very eager to hear about this.