Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.25.23
पिशङ्गनीवीं सुश्रोणीं श्यामां कनकमेखलाम् ।
पद्भ्यां क्वणद्भ्यां चलन्तीं नूपुरैर्देवतामिव ॥ २३ ॥
piśaṅga-nīvīṁ suśroṇīṁ
[pishanga-neeveem sushroneem]
śyāmāṁ kanaka-mekhalām
[shyaamaam kanaka-mekhalaam]
padbhyāṁ kvaṇadbhyāṁ calantīṁ
[padbhyaam kvanadbhyaam chalanteem]
nūpurair devatām iva
[noopurair devataam iva]
Word-for-word
piśaṅga
—
yellow
nīvīm
—
garment
su-śroṇīm
—
beautiful waist
śyāmām
—
blackish
kanaka
—
golden
mekhalām
—
belt
padbhyām
—
with the feet
kvaṇadbhyām
—
tinkling
calantīm
—
walking
nūpuraiḥ
—
with ankle bells
devatām
—
a denizen of the heavens
iva
—
like.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
piśaṅga-nīvīṁ suśroṇīṁ
piśaṅga
yellow
nīvīm
garment
su-śroṇīm
beautiful waist
śyāmāṁ kanaka-mekhalām
śyāmām
blackish
kanaka
golden
mekhalām
belt
padbhyāṁ kvaṇadbhyāṁ calantīṁ
padbhyām
with the feet
kvaṇadbhyām
tinkling
calantīm
walking
nūpurair devatām iva
nūpuraiḥ
with ankle bells
devatām
a denizen of the heavens
iva
like.
The waist and hips of the woman were very beautiful. She was dressed in a yellow sārī with a golden belt. While she walked, her ankle bells rang. She appeared exactly like a denizen of the heavens.
Purport
This verse expresses the joyfulness of the mind upon seeing a woman with raised hips and breasts dressed in an attractive sārī and bedecked with ornaments.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Dark in complexion, she was wearing yellow cloth and a gold belt. She moved using two feet jingling with ankle bells, like a devatā.
Her yellow clothe means the intelligence is covered by actions in rajas. The color of intelligence is blackish. As a cloud covers the sun, intelligence covers the Lord for the jīva. Walking on two feet with the sound of ankle bells indicates that the intelligence is unsteady in hearing scriptures. Nūpuraiḥ is in the plural to indicate not only the bells on the feet, but also on the toes.
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Personal Guidance
Beautiful waist and hips, yellow sārī, golden belt, ringing ankle bells — like a heavenly being. The body of intelligence dressed for the soul's encounter; this is no accidental beauty.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I dismiss intelligence's attractiveness as mere distraction when it's actually a doorway?
- What about the sound (ankle-bell) of my own thinking has been silenced?
My note
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