Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.33
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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sa-vrīḍa-hāsa
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with a shy smile
Compound: sa (with) + vrīḍā (modesty, shame) + hāsa (smile). Vrīḍā is a classical ornament of nāyikā — and Rūpa Gosvāmī treats lajjā (modesty) as one of the thirty-three sañcāri-bhāvas in mādhurya. The kāvya-and-bhakti vocabulary fuse.
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snigdha-apāṅgena
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with affectionate (sidelong) glances
Compound: snigdha (affectionate, lit. oily, smooth) + apāṅga (corner of eye). Snigdha is the rasa-word for tenderness. The same poetic eye-shape that He requested in v. 30 is now offered — the chapter rhymes.
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ṛṣabham puṁsām
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to the most eminent of males
Compound: ṛṣabha (bull, chief) + puṁsām (of males). 'Bull of men' — the standard epithet for the supreme male. Cf. puruṣottama (BG 15.18). She addresses Him in His full Personality even while the register is conjugal.
She glanced at the face of Kṛṣṇa exhibiting the height of beauty and cleverness (puṁsām ṛṣabham). He was Bhagavān, endowed with beauty because of his affectionate smile and drops of perspiration. She glanced at him in special way (vi—īkṣya), with glances moist with prema, attractive with smiles along with shyness. Her smile was mixed with shyness because she had to make effort to show a proud smile. O Bhārata! Pay attention to this. You should understand this since the conversation between the two greatest persons spreads the glory of your great dynasty.
A devotee, having wept before the deity, finally raises her eyes — and meets the deity's smiling gaze. The first look after tears is the holiest one. So Rukmiṇī, smile half-shy and half-loving, lifts her face to His.
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