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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.2.12

लोकं प्रदर्शय सुहृत्तम तावकं मेयत्रत्य इत्थमुरसावयवावपूर्वौ अस्मद्विधस्य मनउन्नयनौ बिभर्तिबह्वद्भ‍ुतं सरसराससुधादि वक्त्रे ॥ १२ ॥
lokaṁ pradarśaya suhṛttama tāvakaṁ me
[lokam pradarshaya suhrittama taavakam me]
yatratya ittham urasāvayavāv apūrvau
[yatratya ittham urasaavayavaav apoorvau]
asmad-vidhasya mana-unnayanau bibharti
[asmad-vidhasya mana-unnayanau bibharti]
bahv adbhutaṁ sarasa-rāsa-sudhādi vaktre
[bahv adbhutam sarasa-raasa-sudhaadi vaktre]
lokam — residential place pradarśaya — please show suhṛt-tama — O best of friends tāvakam — your me — unto me yatratyaḥ — a person born wherein ittham — like this urasā — by the chest avayavau — two limbs (breasts) apūrvau — wonderful asmat-vidhasya — of a person like me manaḥ-unnayanau — very agitating to the mind bibharti — sustains bahu — many adbhutam — wonderful sarasa — sweet words rāsa — amorous gestures like smiling sudhā-ādi — such as nectar vaktre — in the mouth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
lokaṁ pradarśaya suhṛttama tāvakaṁ me
lokam
residential place
pradarśaya
please show
suhṛt-tama
O best of friends
tāvakam
your
me
unto me
yatratya ittham urasāvayavāv apūrvau
yatratyaḥ
a person born wherein
ittham
like this
urasā
by the chest
avayavau
two limbs (breasts)
apūrvau
wonderful
asmad-vidhasya mana-unnayanau bibharti
asmat-vidhasya
of a person like me
manaḥ-unnayanau
very agitating to the mind
bibharti
sustains
bahv adbhutaṁ sarasa-rāsa-sudhādi vaktre
bahu
many
adbhutam
wonderful
sarasa
sweet words
rāsa
amorous gestures like smiling
sudhā-ādi
such as nectar
vaktre
in the mouth.
O best friend, will you kindly show me the place where you reside? I cannot imagine how the residents of that place have gotten such wonderful bodily features as your raised breasts, which agitate the mind and eyes of a person like me who sees them. Judging by the sweet speech and kind smiles of those residents, I think that their mouths must contain nectar.

Still bewildered, Āgnīdhra wanted to see the place from which the brāhmaṇa boy had come, where the men had such raised breasts. Such attractive features, he thought, must be due to the severe austerities performed there. Āgnīdhra addressed the girl as suhṛttama, the best friend, so that she would not refuse to take him there. Not only was Āgnīdhra captivated by the girl’s raised breasts; he was also attracted by her sweet speech. Nectar seemed to emanate from her mouth, and therefore he was increasingly surprised.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O good friend! Show me your country where people have such astonishing limbs attached to their chest, which are attractive to persons like me. Those people hold very astonishing nectar arising from words in their mouths and have beauty on their lips. If you say that in your place men have similar horns on their chest, I will go there and perform penance to get such horns. O best of friends! Out of friendship, show me that place. “But these are not horns.” In answer he says that the person of that place carries two astonishing limbs on his chests which attract the minds of persons like me. An alternative version has mana-unnayanaiḥ. This means “with great attractive features for the mind.” The person of your country also carries something very astonishing in his mouth—nectar from sweet words and the beauty of the lips. The word ādi indicates the fragrant honey of her smile and joking.
Bewildered desire keeps inventing reasons to draw closer to the object that bewildered it — 'I just want to see where you live.' The mind under lust is a brilliant lawyer making the worst possible case.
Reflection Questions
  • What clever-sounding 'next step' is your mind currently proposing that would actually deepen an attachment you want to release?
  • When have you noticed yourself making sophisticated excuses for an obviously unwise move?
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