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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.314

tathā –
[tathaa –]
harati śitmā ko ’py aṅgānāṁ mahendra-maṇi-śriyaṁ
[harati shitmaa ko ’py angaanaam mahendra-mani-shriyam]
praviśati dṛśor ante kāntir manāg iva lohinī |
[pravishati drishor ante kaantir manaag iva lohinee |]
sakhi tanu-ruhāṁ rājiḥ sūkṣmā darāsya virohate
[sakhi tanu-ruhaam raajih sookshmaa daraasya virohate]
sphurati suṣamā navyedānīṁ tanau vana-mālinaḥ ||314||
[sphurati sushamaa navyedaaneem tanau vana-maalinah ||314||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathā –
harati śitmā ko ’py aṅgānāṁ mahendra-maṇi-śriyaṁ
praviśati dṛśor ante kāntir manāg iva lohinī |
sakhi tanu-ruhāṁ rājiḥ sūkṣmā darāsya virohate
sphurati suṣamā navyedānīṁ tanau vana-mālinaḥ ||314||
An example: O my friend! Now the body of Kṛṣṇa has taken on a fresh beauty. All His limbs steal the splendor of the dark blue sapphire. A reddish hue has entered the edges of His eyes, and a few very fine hairs have sprung up on His body.

In describing this early stage of His kaiśora age, Kundalatā, one of the residents of Vṛndāvana, said to her friend, “My dear friend, I have just seen an extraordinary beauty appearing in the person of Kṛṣṇa. His blackish bodily hue appears just like the indranīla jewel. There are reddish signs on His eyes, and small soft hairs are coming out on His body. The appearance of these symptoms has made Him extraordinarily beautiful.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Śitimā means very dark blue. It is a word with the palatial ś (śiti) rather than the word beginning with dental s (siti--binding). Amara-kośa says śitī means white or dark blue. Lohinī means reddish in color. This is a statement of the wife of Kṛṣṇa’s elder cousin brother, Kundalatā.

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