SB 10.75.17 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.75.17

ता देवरानुत सखीन् सिषिचुर्द‍ृतीभि: क्लिन्नाम्बरा विवृतगात्रकुचोरुमध्या: । औत्सुक्यमुक्तकवराच्च्यवमानमाल्या: क्षोभं दधुर्मलधियां रुचिरैर्विहारै: ॥ १७ ॥

tā devarān uta sakhīn siṣicur dṛtībhiḥ

[taa devaraan uta sakheen sishichur driteebhih]

klinnāmbarā vivṛta-gātra-kucoru-madhyāḥ

[klinnaambaraa vivrita-gaatra-kuchoru-madhyaah]

autsukya-mukta-kavarāc cyavamāna-mālyāḥ

[autsukya-mukta-kavaraach chyavamaana-maalyaah]

kṣobhaṁ dadhur mala-dhiyāṁ rucirair vihāraiḥ

[kshobham dadhur mala-dhiyaam ruchirair vihaaraih]

Word-for-word

tāḥ — they, the queens devarān — their husband’s brothers uta — and also sakhīn — their friends siṣicuḥ — they squirted dṛtībhiḥ — with syringes klinna — drenched ambarāḥ — whose dresses vivṛta — visible gātra — whose arms kuca — breasts ūru — thighs madhyāḥ — and waists autsukya — due to their excitement mukta — loosened kavarāt — from the braids of their hair cyavamāna — slipping mālyāḥ — whose small flower garlands kṣobham — agitation dadhuḥ — they created mala — dirty dhiyam — for those whose consciousness ruciraiḥ — charming vihāraiḥ — with their play .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tā devarān uta sakhīn siṣicur dṛtībhiḥ

tāḥ

they, the queens

devarān

their husband’s brothers

uta

and also

sakhīn

their friends

siṣicuḥ

they squirted

dṛtībhiḥ

with syringes

klinnāmbarā vivṛta-gātra-kucoru-madhyāḥ

klinna

drenched

ambarāḥ

whose dresses

vivṛta

visible

gātra

whose arms

kuca

breasts

autsukya-mukta-kavarāc cyavamāna-mālyāḥ

kṣobhaṁ dadhur mala-dhiyāṁ rucirair vihāraiḥ

ūru

thighs

madhyāḥ

and waists

autsukya

due to their excitement

mukta

loosened

kavarāt

from the braids of their hair

cyavamāna

slipping

mālyāḥ

whose small flower garlands

kṣobham

agitation

dadhuḥ

they created

mala

dirty

dhiyam

for those whose consciousness

ruciraiḥ

charming

vihāraiḥ

with their play .

Important Words

siṣicuḥ — they squirted
Perfect of √sic (to sprinkle, pour). The festival's water-sport. In verse 37 the same root-cluster reappears — but as Maya Dānava's illusion. Same element, different frame.
klinna-ambarāḥ — drenched garments
Compound: klinna (wet) + ambara (cloth). Wet cloth clings — and in verse 32 Duryodhana's heart will cling to Draupadī. The chapter's symbolic clothing-economy runs from this verse to his fall.
autsukya — due to excitement
From utsuka (eager). The pure eagerness of festival joy. Gauḍīyas mark utsukatā as one of bhāva's sañcāri-bhāvas when Kṛṣṇa is the object; here it is wholesome but worldly.
kṣobham-dadhuḥ — created agitation
Verb phrase: dadhuḥ (they placed) + kṣobham (agitation). The verse warns: the same scene that delights the pure agitates the contaminated. Same water; different mirror.
mala — dirty (consciousness)
From a synonym-pair specifying mala-āśayāḥ — those of dirty heart. The Bhāgavatam quietly names Duryodhana's class without naming him. The chapter is showing us, before saying so, why he cannot enjoy the festival.

As the queens squirted water from syringes at their brothers-in-law and other male companions, their own garments became drenched, revealing their arms, breasts, thighs and waists. In their excitement, the flowers fell from their loosened braids. By these charming pastimes they agitated those with contaminated consciousness.

Purport

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “Such behavior between pure males and females is enjoyable, but persons who are materially contaminated become lustful.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Commentary

They sprinkled water on their husbands using leather bags filled with water (drtibhih). These actions generated lusty thoughts in person like Duryodhana, but not in pure persons.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

The limbs which were drenched are described: breasts, thighs and waists. But being absorbed in spraying water with enthusiasm, their braids came undone and the garlands fell off their braids. Another version has kavarāḥ patanāna-mālyāḥ. Those with contaminated minds like Duryodhana became agitated but not the righteous, what to speak of the husbands and their brothers.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Draupadī and others sprinkled water on Kṛṣṇa. Rukmiṇī and others sprinkled brothers-in-law. Because of their damp cloth, their breasts, thighs and waists of their bodies (gātra) became revealed, or their breasts, thighs, waists and all limbs became revealed. Or though their clothing was wet, their breasts, etc. were not revealed (avivṛta). Because their hair came undone, their garlands fell off, because of their absorption in sprinkling water. The descriptive terms successively indicate more absorption in sprinkling. By these sprinkling pastimes filled with excellent rasa, they produced grief because of intolerance (kṣobham) in Duryodhana and others, but not in the devotees.

Related values & verses

Related values

Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomShanti (Peace / Tranquility)Abhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Hrih (Modesty / Sense of Shame)

Personal Guidance

Queens squirted water from syringes; their soaked garments revealed forms; charming pastimes agitated those with contaminated consciousness. The same scene is innocent to the pure and disturbing to the impure; consciousness shapes perception.

Reflection Questions

Where might my discomfort with a scene reveal more about my consciousness than about the scene?
What inner purification would let me see what is actually before me?

Analogy

The same water that the queens spray in play will, in a few verses, become the illusion-pool that drowns Duryodhana. The chapter is teaching us to read fluid carefully: water in bhakti is sacrament, water in envy is humiliation.

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