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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.36

నైకత్ర తే జయతి శాలిని పాదపద్మం ఘ్నన్త్యా ముహు: కరతలేన పతత్పతఙ్గమ్ । మధ్యం విషీదతి బృహత్స్తనభారభీతం శాన్తేవ ద‍ృష్టిరమలా సుశిఖాసమూహ: ॥ ౩౬ ॥
naikatra te jayati śālini pāda-padmaṁ
[naikatra te jayati shaalini paada-padmam]
ghnantyā muhuḥ kara-talena patat-pataṅgam
[ghnantyaa muhuh kara-talena patat-patangam]
madhyaṁ viṣīdati bṛhat-stana-bhāra-bhītaṁ
[madhyam visheedati brihat-stana-bhaara-bheetam]
śānteva dṛṣṭir amalā suśikhā-samūhaḥ
[shaanteva drishtir amalaa sushikhaa-samoohah]
na — not ekatra — in one place te — your jayati — stay śālini — O beautiful woman pāda-padmam — lotus feet ghnantyāḥ — striking muhuḥ — again and again kara-talena — by the palm of the hand patat — bouncing pataṅgam — the ball madhyam — waist viṣīdati — gets fatigued bṛhat — full grown stana — of your breasts bhāra — by the weight bhītam — oppressed śāntā iva — as if fatigued dṛṣṭiḥ — vision amalā — clear su — beautiful śikhā — your hair samūhaḥ — bunch.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
naikatra te jayati śālini pāda-padmaṁ
na
not
ekatra
in one place
te
your
jayati
stay
śālini
O beautiful woman
pāda-padmam
lotus feet
ghnantyā muhuḥ kara-talena patat-pataṅgam
ghnantyāḥ
striking
muhuḥ
again and again
kara-talena
by the palm of the hand
patat
bouncing
pataṅgam
the ball
madhyaṁ viṣīdati bṛhat-stana-bhāra-bhītaṁ
madhyam
waist
viṣīdati
gets fatigued
bṛhat
full grown
stana
of your breasts
bhāra
by the weight
bhītam
oppressed
śānteva dṛṣṭir amalā suśikhā-samūhaḥ
śāntā iva
as if fatigued
dṛṣṭiḥ
vision
amalā
clear
su
beautiful
śikhā
your hair
samūhaḥ
bunch.
O beautiful woman, when you strike the bouncing ball against the ground with your hand again and again, your lotus feet do not stay in one place. Oppressed by the weight of your full-grown breasts, your waist becomes fatigued, and your clear vision grows dull, as it were. Pray braid your comely hair.

The demons observed beautiful gestures in the woman’s every step. Here they praise her full-grown breasts, her scattered hair and her movements in stepping forward and backward while playing with the ball. In every step they enjoy her womanly beauty, and while they enjoy her beauty their minds become agitated by sex desire. As moths at night surround a fire and are killed, so the demons become victims of the movements of the ball-like breasts of a beautiful woman. The scattered hair of a beautiful woman also afflicts the heart of a lusty demon.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O praiseworthy woman! You play by striking the bouncing ball with your hand again and again and, in doing so, your feet do not stay in one place. It seems you are tired with your thin waist fatigued, bent because of the weight of your breasts. Your glance is pure and languid, and your hair is beautiful. This verse describes her playing with a ball. O praiseworthy woman! Your feet do not remain still. Patatpataṅgam means a bouncing ball and the setting sun. Because your waist is thin, it appears to be getting weak with the weight of your breasts. Your glance is without desire (amala) though internally you have desire. It appears languid (śrāntā) because of playing ball. Your hair appears splendid, being bound up. Su can stand as an indeclinable meaning “beautifully.”
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