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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.3.16

తాన్ నిరీక్ష్య వరారోహా సరూపాన్ సూర్యవర్చస: । అజానతీ పతిం సాధ్వీ అశ్వినౌ శరణం యయౌ ॥ ౧౬ ॥
tān nirīkṣya varārohā
[taan nireekshya varaarohaa]
sarūpān sūrya-varcasaḥ
[saroopaan soorya-varchasah]
ajānatī patiṁ sādhvī
[ajaanatee patim saadhvee]
aśvinau śaraṇaṁ yayau
[ashvinau sharanam yayau]
tān — unto them nirīkṣya — after observing vara-ārohā — that beautiful Sukanyā sa-rūpān — all of them equally beautiful sūrya-varcasaḥ — with a bodily effulgence like the effulgence of the sun ajānatī — not knowing patim — her husband sādhvī — that chaste woman aśvinau — unto the Aśvinī-kumāras śaraṇam — shelter yayau — took.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tān nirīkṣya varārohā
tān
unto them
nirīkṣya
after observing
vara-ārohā
that beautiful Sukanyā
sarūpān sūrya-varcasaḥ
sa-rūpān
all of them equally beautiful
sūrya-varcasaḥ
with a bodily effulgence like the effulgence of the sun
ajānatī patiṁ sādhvī
ajānatī
not knowing
patim
her husband
sādhvī
that chaste woman
aśvinau śaraṇaṁ yayau
aśvinau
unto the Aśvinī-kumāras
śaraṇam
shelter
yayau
took.
The chaste and very beautiful Sukanyā could not distinguish her husband from the two Aśvinī-kumāras, for they were equally beautiful. Not understanding who her real husband was, she took shelter of the Aśvinī-kumāras.

Sukanyā could have selected any one of them as her husband, for one could not distinguish among them, but because she was chaste, she took shelter of the Aśvinī-kumāras so that they could inform her who her actual husband was. A chaste woman will never accept any man other than her husband, even if there be someone equally as handsome and qualified.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Beautiful Sukanyā could not distinguish her husband from the two Aśvinī-kumāras, for they were equally beautiful. Not understanding who her real husband was, she took shelter of the Aśvinī-kumāras. They said, “Please accept your husband, recognizing him among us three.” “Among you, you two Āśvini-kumāras should by merciful and show me my husband.” This is the meaning of “taking shelter of the Aśvimi-kumāras.”
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