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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.21

విహారస్థానవిశ్రామసంవేశప్రాఙ్గణాజిరై: । యథోపజోషం రచితైర్విస్మాపనమివాత్మన: ॥ ౨౧ ॥
vihāra-sthāna-viśrāma-
[vihaara-sthaana-vishraama-]
saṁveśa-prāṅgaṇājiraiḥ
[samvesha-praanganaajiraih]
yathopajoṣaṁ racitair
[yathopajosham rachitair]
vismāpanam ivātmanaḥ
[vismaapanam ivaatmanah]
vihāra-sthāna — pleasure grounds viśrāma — resting chambers saṁveśa — bedrooms prāṅgaṇa — inner yards ajiraiḥ — with outer yards yathā-upajoṣam — according to comfort racitaiḥ — which were designed vismāpanam — causing astonishment iva — indeed ātmanaḥ — to himself (Kardama).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vihāra-sthāna-viśrāma-
vihāra-sthāna
pleasure grounds
viśrāma
resting chambers
saṁveśa-prāṅgaṇājiraiḥ
saṁveśa
bedrooms
prāṅgaṇa
inner yards
ajiraiḥ
with outer yards
yathopajoṣaṁ racitair
yathā-upajoṣam
according to comfort
racitaiḥ
which were designed
vismāpanam ivātmanaḥ
vismāpanam
causing astonishment
iva
indeed
ātmanaḥ
to himself (Kardama).
The castle had pleasure grounds, resting chambers, bedrooms and inner and outer yards designed with an eye to comfort. All this caused astonishment to the sage himself.

Kardama Muni, being a saintly person, was living in a humble hermitage, but when he saw the palace constructed by his yogic powers, which was full of resting rooms, rooms for sex enjoyment, and inner and outer yards, he himself was astonished. That is the way of a God-gifted person. A devotee like Kardama Muni exhibited such opulence by his yogic power at the request of his wife, but when the opulence was produced, he himself could not understand how such manifestations could be possible. When a yogī’s power is exhibited, the yogī himself is sometimes astonished.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Designed pleasurably with amusement areas, bed rooms, yards, and courtyards, it seemed to cause astonishment even to Kardama. There were areas for recreation, resting rooms, bedrooms, yards around the house, and courtyards beyond the walls. Yathopajoṣam means “pleasurably.” Because Kardama built the place, he has not actually astonished. Thus the word iva is used.
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