Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.1.30
तान् विलोक्याम्बिका देवी विवासा व्रीडिता भृशम् ।
भर्तुरङ्कात् समुत्थाय नीवीमाश्वथ पर्यधात् ॥ ३० ॥
tān vilokyāmbikā devī
[taan vilokyaambikaa devee]
vivāsā vrīḍitā bhṛśam
[vivaasaa vreeditaa bhrisham]
bhartur aṅkāt samutthāya
[bhartur ankaat samutthaaya]
nīvīm āśv atha paryadhāt
[neeveem aashv atha paryadhaat]
Word-for-word
tān
—
all the saintly persons
vilokya
—
seeing them
ambikā
—
mother Durgā
devī
—
the goddess
vivāsā
—
because she was naked
vrīḍitā
—
ashamed
bhṛśam
—
highly
bhartuḥ
—
of her husband
aṅkāt
—
from the lap
samutthāya
—
getting up
nīvīm
—
breast
āśu atha
—
very quickly
paryadhāt
—
covered with cloth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tān vilokyāmbikā devī
tān
all the saintly persons
vilokya
seeing them
ambikā
mother Durgā
devī
the goddess
vivāsā vrīḍitā bhṛśam
vivāsā
because she was naked
vrīḍitā
ashamed
bhṛśam
highly
bhartur aṅkāt samutthāya
bhartuḥ
of her husband
aṅkāt
from the lap
samutthāya
getting up
nīvīm āśv atha paryadhāt
nīvīm
breast
āśu atha
very quickly
paryadhāt
covered with cloth.
When the goddess Ambikā saw the great saintly persons, she was very much ashamed because at that time she was naked. She immediately got up from the lap of her husband and tried to cover her breast.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
When the goddess Ambikā saw the great saintly persons, she was ashamed because at that time she was naked. She immediately got up from the lap of her husband and put on her cloth.
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Personal Guidance
Pārvatī, unclothed, leaps up in modesty before the sages. Even the goddess models lajjā — natural shyness — as a feminine ornament worth preserving.
Reflection Questions
- Where has modern culture eroded my sense of modesty around sacred company?
- How would I behave if I assumed sages might walk in at any moment?
My note
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