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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.36
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- naikatra te jayati śālini pāda-padmaṁ
- ghnantyā muhuḥ kara-talena patat-pataṅgam
- madhyaṁ viṣīdati bṛhat-stana-bhāra-bhītaṁ
- śānteva dṛṣṭir amalā suśikhā-samūhaḥ
nanot — not; ekatrain one place — in one place; teyour — your; jayatistay — stay; śāliniO beautiful woman — O beautiful woman; pādalotus feet-padmamlotus feet — lotus feet; ghnantyāḥstriking — striking; muhuḥagain and again — again and again; karaby the palm of the hand-talenaby the palm of the hand — by the palm of the hand; patatbouncing — bouncing; pataṅgamthe ball — the ball; madhyamwaist — waist; viṣīdatigets fatigued — gets fatigued; bṛhatfull grown — full grown; stanaof your breasts — of your breasts; bhāraby the weight — by the weight; bhītamoppressed — oppressed; śāntāas if fatigued ivaas if fatigued — as if fatigued; dṛṣṭiḥvision — vision; amalāclear — clear; subeautiful — beautiful; śikhāyour hair — your hair; samūhaḥbunch — bunch.
O beautiful woman, when you strike the bouncing ball against the ground with your hand again and again, your lotus feet do not stay in one place. Oppressed by the weight of your full-grown breasts, your waist becomes fatigued, and your clear vision grows dull, as it were. Pray braid your comely hair.
The demons observed beautiful gestures in the woman's every step. Here they praise her full-grown breasts, her scattered hair and her movements in stepping forward and backward while playing with the ball. In every step they enjoy her womanly beauty, and while they enjoy her beauty their minds become agitated by sex desire. As moths at night surround a fire and are killed, so the demons become victims of the movements of the ball-like breasts of a beautiful woman. The scattered hair of a beautiful woman also afflicts the heart of a lusty demon.