Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and FamilyText 2.91.52
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Text 2.91.52
उच्छाद्य स्नापयन्ति स्म नदीतीरेषु वल्गुषु।
अप्येकमेकं पुरुषं प्रमदाः सप्त चाष्ट च॥
ucchādya snāpayanti sma nadī-tīreṣu valguṣu
apy ekam ekaṁ puruṣaṁ pramadāḥ sapta cāṣṭa ca
ucchādya = massaged and oiled 6; snāpayanti sma = and bathed them; nadī-tīreṣu = on the banks of the river; valguṣu api = beautiful; ekam ekam = each; puruṣam = man; pramadāḥ = enchanting ladies; sapta = seven; ca = or; aṣṭa ca = eight.
Seven or eight enchanting ladies massaged and oiled each man on the beautiful banks of the river and bathed them.
Ucchādya indicates that they massaged [each man] with oil and so on.