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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.28

తద్దేహ: పరత: పోషోఽప్యకృశశ్చాధ్యసమ్భవాత్ । బభౌ మలైరవచ్ఛన్న: సధూమ ఇవ పావక: ॥ ౨౮ ॥
tad-dehaḥ parataḥ poṣo
[tad-dehah paratah posho]
’py akṛśaś cādhy-asambhavāt
[’py akrishash chaadhy-asambhavaat]
babhau malair avacchannaḥ
[babhau malair avachchannah]
sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ
[sadhooma iva paavakah]
tat-dehaḥ — her body parataḥ — by others (the damsels created by Kardama) poṣaḥ — maintained api — although akṛśaḥ — not thin ca — and ādhi — anxiety asambhavāt — from not occurring babhau — shone malaiḥ — by dust avacchannaḥ — covered sa-dhūmaḥ — surrounded with smoke iva — like pāvakaḥ — a fire.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tad-dehaḥ parataḥ poṣo
tat-dehaḥ
her body
parataḥ
by others (the damsels created by Kardama)
poṣaḥ
maintained
’py akṛśaś cādhy-asambhavāt
babhau malair avacchannaḥ
sadhūma iva pāvakaḥ
api
although
akṛśaḥ
not thin
ca
and
ādhi
anxiety
asambhavāt
from not occurring
babhau
shone
malaiḥ
by dust
avacchannaḥ
covered
sa-dhūmaḥ
surrounded with smoke
iva
like
pāvakaḥ
a fire.
Her body was being taken care of by the spiritual damsels created by her husband, Kardama, and since she had no mental anxiety at that time, her body did not become thin. She appeared just like a fire surrounded by smoke.

Because she was always in trance in transcendental bliss, the thought of the Personality of Godhead was always carefully fixed in her mind. She did not become thin, for she was taken care of by the celestial maidservants created by her husband. It is said, according to the Āyurvedic medical science, that if one is free from anxieties he generally becomes fat. Devahūti, being situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, had no mental anxieties, and therefore her body did not become thin. It is customary in the renounced order of life that one should not take any service from a servant or maid, but Devahūti was being served by the celestial maidservants. This may appear to be against the spiritual concept of life, but just as fire is still beautiful even when surrounded by smoke, she looked completely pure although it seemed that she was living in a luxurious way.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Her body was cared for the maidens created by Kardama and because of no anxieties, she was not thin. Though covered by dirt, her body shone like a fire covered by smoke. This verse describes her condition at that time. He body was cared for by the maidens created by Kardama. Because she had no mental anxieties, because of being absorbed in the Lord, she was not thin. The doctors say that happiness makes the body stout.
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