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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.30

yathā –
[yathaa –]
sa manāg apacīyamāna-madhyaḥ
[sa manaag apacheeyamaana-madhyah]
prathimopakrama-śikṣaṇārthi-vakṣāḥ |
[prathimopakrama-shikshanaarthi-vakshaah |]
dadhad-ākula-kāka-pakṣa-lakṣmīṁ
[dadhad-aakula-kaaka-paksha-lakshmeem]
jananīṁ stambhayati sma divya-ḍimbhaḥ ||30||
[jananeem stambhayati sma divya-dimbhah ||30||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā –
sa manāg apacīyamāna-madhyaḥ
prathimopakrama-śikṣaṇārthi-vakṣāḥ |
dadhad-ākula-kāka-pakṣa-lakṣmīṁ
jananīṁ stambhayati sma divya-ḍimbhaḥ ||30||
An example: The sight of the charming child with thin waist, slightly broadened chest, and three braids tied at the back of His head completely stunned His mother.

These wonderful features of Kṛṣṇa’s body never failed to astonish Mother Yaśodā.

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

Apacīyamāna-madhyaḥ means that the waist became slightly thinner on its own, by itself. It is a reflexive verb form. Kāka-pakṣa means that three braids, one on the left, one on the right and one in the center, were tied together at the back.

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