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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.48.6

ఆహూయ కాన్తాం నవసఙ్గమహ్రియా విశఙ్కితాం కఙ్కణభూషితే కరే । ప్రగృహ్య శయ్యామధివేశ్య రామయా రేమేఽనులేపార్పణపుణ్యలేశయా ॥ ౬ ॥
āhūya kāntāṁ nava-saṅgama-hriyā
[aahooya kaantaam nava-sangama-hriyaa]
viśaṅkitāṁ kaṅkaṇa-bhūṣite kare
[vishankitaam kankana-bhooshite kare]
pragṛhya śayyām adhiveśya rāmayā
[pragrihya shayyaam adhiveshya raamayaa]
reme ’nulepārpaṇa-puṇya-leśayā
[reme ’nulepaarpana-punya-leshayaa]
āhūya — calling forward kāntām — His beloved nava — new saṅgama — of contact hriyā — with shyness viśaṅkitām — fearful kaṅkaṇa — with bangles bhūṣite — ornamented kare — her two hands pragṛhya — taking hold of śayyām — on the bed adhiveśya — placing her rāmayā — with the beautiful girl reme — He enjoyed anulepa — of ointment arpaṇa — the offering puṇya — of piety leśayā — whose single trace .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āhūya kāntāṁ nava-saṅgama-hriyā
āhūya
calling forward
kāntām
His beloved
nava
new
saṅgama
of contact
hriyā
with shyness
viśaṅkitāṁ kaṅkaṇa-bhūṣite kare
viśaṅkitām
fearful
kaṅkaṇa
with bangles
bhūṣite
ornamented
kare
her two hands
pragṛhya śayyām adhiveśya rāmayā
pragṛhya
taking hold of
śayyām
on the bed
adhiveśya
placing her
rāmayā
with the beautiful girl
reme ’nulepārpaṇa-puṇya-leśayā
reme
He enjoyed
anulepa
of ointment
arpaṇa
the offering
puṇya
of piety
leśayā
whose single trace .
  • puṇya-leśayā — whose single trace of piety
    Compound: puṇya (merit) + leśa (a small fragment) + yā (relative pronoun). One smear of sandalwood was her entire spiritual capital — and it was enough to draw Bhagavān into her room. Gauḍīyas cite this as the Bhāgavatam's most generous arithmetic: the Lord values the offering, not the offerer's stature.
  • nava-saṅgama-hriyā — with the shyness of new union
    Compound: nava (new) + saṅgama (union) + hri (shyness). Even Trivakrā's flush of nervousness is recorded — the Bhāgavatam's narrator treats her with the dignity due any nāyikā the Lord chooses to meet.
  • kaṅkaṇa-bhūṣite — ornamented with bangles
    Compound: kaṅkaṇa (bracelet) + bhūṣita (adorned). The bangled hand is the wedding-hand of Sanskrit poetry. The detail is not decorative; it dignifies what could have been written as crude.
  • reme — He enjoyed
    Aorist of √ram. The same verb used of Kṛṣṇa's rāsa-līlā with the gopīs in SB 10.29–33 — yet here the rasa is asat, the recipient is one whose qualification is a smear of sandalwood. The verb is shared; the rasa is not. Gauḍīya commentators are careful to mark the difference: Trivakrā's union is the Lord's promise-keeping, not His mādhurya.
Calling forward His beloved, who was anxious and shy at the prospect of this new contact, the Lord pulled her by her bangled hands onto the bed. Thus He enjoyed with that beautiful girl, whose only trace of piety was her having offered ointment to the Lord.

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the words nava-saṅgama-hriyā indicate that Trivakrā was in fact a virgin girl at this point. She had been a deformed hunchback, and the Lord had recently transformed her into a beautiful girl. Therefore, although clearly lusting after Śrī Kṛṣṇa, she was naturally shy and anxious.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Calling forward His beloved, who was anxious and shy at the prospect of this new contact, the Lord pulled her by her bangled hands onto the bed. Thus He enjoyed with that beautiful girl, whose only trace of piety was her having offered ointment to the Lord.
Commentary

The words " fearful" and new association (nava sangam) indicate for the less intelligent that Kubja had never been enjoyed by anyone else. Though she was beautiful, she was protected because of her hunchback. She had a small amount of credit because she had offering unguents to Krsna. But she did not have piles of credits, like the sadhana siddhas among the Vraja women and Mathura women.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Her body had previously become transformed into that of a girl of exceptional beauty by the power of his touch. Because her body was tender, he grasped her by her bangles. The cause of such mercy to her was her speck (leśa) of devotion: she had offered him ointment previously. Or, the phrase can be divided anulepārpana-puṇya-la īsayā: because of she was best type of devotee in offering ointments—since she had offered the ointment to Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, and directly, and at a special time.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Vāmayā (meaning beautiful, instead of rāmayā) indicates that she was had qualified and had a form suitable for enjoyment the Lord or that she had not developed excellence of prema of other devotees (vāma meaning eager) even by seeing him. The words kāntām, nava-sāṅgama and vāmayā indicate the mercy of the Lord. He called her and took her forcibly by his hand since she did not come forward. Since she wore bangles, he held her hands above the bangles, since her arms were tender. He was merciful not only because she was beautiful, but because of her bhakti. She had offered him ointment with devotion (puṇya). Or she offered ointment which was greater than puṇyas like sacrifices which were like a drop of water in the ocean, compared to her offering. Or, the phrase can be divided anulepārpana-puṇya-la īsayā: because she was best type of devotee in offering ointments—since she had offered the ointment to Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, and directly, and at a special time.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
Related verses
Concepts
Punya

Bhagavān, having promised her benediction on a Mathurā street, now keeps the word with the precision of a king closing a small contract — taking her by her bangled hand exactly as His promise required, no more and no less. He grants kāma as a debt paid, not as preference accepted.

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