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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.35

का वा सहेत विरहं पुरुषोत्तमस्य प्रेमावलोकरुचिरस्मितवल्गुजल्पै: । स्थैर्यं समानमहरन्मधुमानिनीनां रोमोत्सवो मम यदङ्‌घ्रिविटङ्किताया: ॥ ३५ ॥
kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya
[kaa vaa saheta viraham purushottamasya]
premāvaloka-rucira-smita-valgu-jalpaiḥ
[premaavaloka-ruchira-smita-valgu-jalpaih]
sthairyaṁ samānam aharan madhu-māninīnāṁ
[sthairyam samaanam aharan madhu-maanineenaam]
romotsavo mama yad-aṅghri-viṭaṅkitāyāḥ
[romotsavo mama yad-anghri-vitankitaayaah]
Word-for-word
kā — who vā — either saheta — can tolerate viraham — separation puruṣa-uttamasya — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead prema — loving avaloka — glancing rucira-smita — pleasing smile valgu-jalpaiḥ — hearty appeals sthairyam — gravity sa-mānam — along with passionate wrath aharat — conquered madhu — sweethearts māninīnām — women such as Satyabhāmā roma-utsavaḥ — hair standing on end out of pleasure mama — mine yat — whose aṅghri — feet viṭaṅkitāyāḥ — imprinted with.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya
kā
who
vā
either
saheta
can tolerate
viraham
separation
puruṣa-uttamasya
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
premāvaloka-rucira-smita-valgu-jalpaiḥ
prema
loving
avaloka
glancing
rucira-smita
pleasing smile
valgu-jalpaiḥ
hearty appeals
sthairyaṁ samānam aharan madhu-māninīnāṁ
sthairyam
gravity
sa-mānam
along with passionate wrath
aharat
conquered
madhu
sweethearts
māninīnām
women such as Satyabhāmā
romotsavo mama yad-aṅghri-viṭaṅkitāyāḥ
roma-utsavaḥ
hair standing on end out of pleasure
mama
mine
yat
whose
aṅghri
feet
viṭaṅkitāyāḥ
imprinted with.
Who, therefore, can tolerate the pangs of separation from that Supreme Personality of Godhead? He could conquer the gravity and passionate wrath of His sweethearts like Satyabhāmā by His sweet smile of love, pleasing glance and hearty appeals. When He traversed my [earth’s] surface, I would be immersed in the dust of His lotus feet and thus would be sumptuously covered with grass which appeared like hairs standing on me out of pleasure.
Purport

There were chances of separation between the Lord and His thousands of queens because of the Lord’s being absent from home, but as far as His connection with earth was concerned, the Lord would traverse the earth with His lotus feet, and therefore there was no chance of separation. When the Lord left the surface of the earth to return to His spiritual abode, the earth’s feelings of separation were therefore more acute.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The independent Lord destroyed my great burden of a hundred auṣauhiṇīs of those who were previously of demonic dynasty of kings. By his prowess he made you whole when you were suffering with loss of your legs and had taken shelter of him. He appeared with a beautiful form in the Yadu family.
Commentary

Āsura-vaṁśa-rājñām means “made up of persons who were previously kings in the demon dynasty.” It is a compound similar to chinna–prarūḍha (cut but now grown up). An alternative version is asura-veśa, which means “those who assumed the nature of asuras.” He made you who were deficient in legs (ūna-padam) and had taken shelter of him (ātmani) whole (sampādayan).

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Personal Guidance
Who can tolerate separation from the Supreme Lord? He conquered the gravity and wrath of His sweethearts by smile, glance, and appeal. Such tenderness cannot be replaced. The loss of Him is itself the wound.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose particular tenderness, lost, would be the wound I most feel?
  • Where could I receive His same kind of tenderness more fully?
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