SB 1.10.20

अन्योन्यमासीत्सञ्जल्प उत्तमश्लोकचेतसाम् ।
कौरवेन्द्रपुरस्त्रीणां सर्वश्रुतिमनोहरः ॥ २० ॥
anyonyam āsīt sañjalpa uttama-śloka-cetasām
kauravendra-pura-strīṇāṁ sarva-śruti-mano-haraḥ

Synonyms

sañjalpaḥ — the conversation [saṁvāda58]; anyonyam — between; strīṇām — the women; pura — [of] the capital [Hastināpura]; kaurava-indra — [of] the king of the Kurus [Yudhiṣṭhira]; cetasām — whose minds; uttama-śloka — [were absorbed in] Uttamaśloka [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; āsīt — was; sarva-śruti-mano-haraḥ — enchanting to everyone’s ears and hearts [(sarveṣām eva śruti-manasī haratīti saḥ), or by the double meaning (śleṣa) of the word śruti, the compound implies that their talks were enchanting even to all of the Śrutis (śleṣeṇa sarvāsāṁ śrutīnām api manoharaḥ), who as the Upaniṣads personified, praised the truth of their conversation (upaniṣado’pi mūrtimatyaḥ satyaḥ taṁ sañjalpaṁ abhyanandat)59].

Translation

The conversation between the women of the capital of the king of the Kurus, whose minds were absorbed in Uttamaśloka [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], was enchanting to everyone’s ears and hearts [and even to the Upaniṣads].

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