Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 7
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā, and the Exchange of Youth: The Unsatisfied Nature of Desire
श्रीशुक उवाच एकदा दानवेन्द्रस्य शर्मिष्ठा नाम कन्यका । सखीसहस्रसंयुक्ता गुरुपुत्र्या च भामिनी ॥ ६ ॥ देवयान्या पुरोद्याने पुष्पितद्रुमसङ्कुले । व्यचरत्कलगीतालिनलिनीपुलिनेऽबला ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ekadā dānavendrasya śarmiṣṭhā nāma kanyakā sakhī-sahasra-saṁyuktā guru-putryā ca bhāminī
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: One day Vṛṣaparvā’s daughter Śarmiṣṭhā, who was innocent but angry by nature, was walking with Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya, and with thousands of friends, in the palace garden. The garden was full of lotuses and trees of flowers and fruits and was inhabited by sweetly singing birds and bumblebees.
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She was wandering in her front garden, filled with flowering trees, along the bank of a lotus-filled watercourse where bees were humming.
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating this episode to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
Even in pleasant surroundings and comfort, the Bhagavata narrative often prepares the reader for sudden turns of destiny—encouraging humility, restraint, and remembrance of the Lord amid worldly beauty.