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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.27

ఏవం వధ్వా: ప్రతీక్షన్త్యా గోవిన్దాగమనం నృప । వామ ఊరుర్భుజో నేత్రమస్ఫురన్ ప్రియభాషిణ: ॥ ౨౭ ॥
evaṁ vadhvāḥ pratīkṣantyā
[evam vadhvaah prateekshantyaa]
govindāgamanaṁ nṛpa
[govindaagamanam nripa]
vāma ūrur bhujo netram
[vaama oorur bhujo netram]
asphuran priya-bhāṣiṇaḥ
[asphuran priya-bhaashinah]
evam — thus vadhvāḥ — the bride pratīkṣantyāḥ — as she awaited govinda - āgamanam — the arrival of Kṛṣṇa nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit) vāmaḥ — left ūruḥ — her thigh bhujaḥ — arm netram — and eye asphuran — twitched priya — something desirable bhāṣiṇaḥ — be speaking .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ vadhvāḥ pratīkṣantyā
evam
thus
vadhvāḥ
the bride
pratīkṣantyāḥ
as she awaited
govindāgamanaṁ nṛpa
govinda - āgamanam
the arrival of Kṛṣṇa
nṛpa
O King (Parīkṣit)
vāma ūrur bhujo netram
vāmaḥ
left
ūruḥ
her thigh
bhujaḥ
arm
netram
and eye
asphuran priya-bhāṣiṇaḥ
asphuran
twitched
priya
something desirable
bhāṣiṇaḥ
be speaking .
  • vāmaḥ ūruḥ bhujaḥ netram — left thigh, arm, and eye
    Three body parts. In nimitta-śāstra, twitching of the left limbs is auspicious for a woman, the right for a man. Vyāsa records the precise omen-grammar; Gauḍīyas note that even sub-rational signals of the body are precise instruments of Bhagavān's communication.
  • asphuran — twitched
    Imperfect of √sphur (to throb, quiver). Same root as sphūrti — the sudden spiritual experience Gauḍīyas describe in advanced sādhana. Rukmiṇī experiences a bodily sphūrti foreshadowing Kṛṣṇa's appearance.
  • priya - bhāṣiṇaḥ — speaking something desirable
    Compound: priya (dear, desirable) + bhāṣin (speaker). The omens 'speak' priya — the same word that names the Beloved in rasa-śāstra. The body whispers the name of the One coming.
O King, as the bride thus awaited the arrival of Govinda, she felt a twitch in her left thigh, arm and eye. This was a sign that something desirable would happen.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King, as the bride thus awaited the arrival of Govinda, she felt a twitch in her left thigh, arm and eye. This was a sign that something desirable would happen.
Commentary

Her left thigh and other bodily limbs began to tremble. This was a sign of auspiciousness.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Rukmiṇī, whose marriage was approaching (vadhvaḥ), was awaiting the arrival of Kṛṣṇa. Her left, thigh, arm and eye twitched. The limbs are mentioned from lower to higher in placement, but they simultaneously began to quiver. The verb is the subject of each noun. Priya-bhāsinaḥ should be in the neuter to agree with netram, but is in the masculine as poetic license.

Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
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Concepts
Jiva

The body of the devotee becomes a small prophet, twitching at the approach of Bhagavān before the mind has noticed. Auspicious omens are not superstition in śāstra; they are the registration of Kṛṣṇa's nearness in flesh that does not yet know how to speak.

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