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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.2.10

వాచం పరం చరణపఞ్జరతిత్తిరీణాంబ్రహ్మన్నరూపముఖరాం శ‍ృణవామ తుభ్యమ్ లబ్ధా కదమ్బరుచిరఙ్కవిటఙ్కబిమ్బేయస్యామలాతపరిధి: క్‍వ చ వల్కలం తే ॥ ౧౦ ॥
vācaṁ paraṁ caraṇa-paṣjara-tittirīṇāṁ
[vaacham param charana-pashjara-tittireenaam]
brahmann arūpa-mukharāṁ śṛṇavāma tubhyam
[brahmann aroopa-mukharaam shrinavaama tubhyam]
labdhā kadamba-rucir aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe
[labdhaa kadamba-ruchir anka-vitanka-bimbe]
yasyām alāta-paridhiḥ kva ca valkalaṁ te
[yasyaam alaata-paridhih kva cha valkalam te]
vācam — the resounding vibration param — only caraṇa-paṣjara — of the ankle bells tittirīṇām — of the tittiri birds brahman — O brāhmaṇa arūpa — without form mukharām — able to be very distinctly heard śṛṇavāma — I hear tubhyam — your labdhā — gotten kadamba — like the kadamba flower ruciḥ — lovely color aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe — on the beautiful circular hips yasyām — on which alāta-paridhiḥ — encirclement of burning cinders kva — where ca — also valkalam — covering cloth te — your.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vācaṁ paraṁ caraṇa-paṣjara-tittirīṇāṁ
vācam
the resounding vibration
param
only
caraṇa-paṣjara
of the ankle bells
tittirīṇām
of the tittiri birds
brahmann arūpa-mukharāṁ śṛṇavāma tubhyam
brahman
O brāhmaṇa
arūpa
without form
mukharām
able to be very distinctly heard
śṛṇavāma
I hear
tubhyam
your
labdhā kadamba-rucir aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe
labdhā
gotten
kadamba
like the kadamba flower
ruciḥ
lovely color
aṅka-viṭaṅka-bimbe
on the beautiful circular hips
yasyām alāta-paridhiḥ kva ca valkalaṁ te
yasyām
on which
alāta-paridhiḥ
encirclement of burning cinders
kva
where
ca
also
valkalam
covering cloth
te
your.
O brāhmaṇa, I can simply hear the tinkling of your ankle bells. Within those bells, tittiri birds seem to be chirping among themselves. Although I do not see their forms, I can hear how they are chirping. When I look at your beautiful circular hips, I see they are the lovely color of kadamba flowers, and your waist is encircled by a belt of burning cinders. Indeed, you seem to have forgotten to dress yourself.

With lusty desires to see Pūrvacitti, Āgnīdhra especially gazed upon the girl’s attractive hips and waist. When a man looks upon a woman with such lusty desires, he is captivated by her face, her breasts and her waist, for a woman first attracts a man to fulfill his sexual desires by the beautiful features of her face, by the beautiful slope of her breasts and also by her waist. Pūrvacitti was dressed in fine yellow silk, and therefore her hips looked like kadamba flowers. Because of her belt, her waist seemed to be encircled by burning cinders. She was fully dressed, but Āgnīdhra had become so lusty that he asked, “Why have you come naked?”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O brāhmaṇa! I hear the loud sounds of invisible partridges encaged around your ankles. Your hips are glowing like yellow kadamba flowers around which you are wearing a circle of embers. Where is your bark clothing? Relishing the sound of her ankle bells he speaks. I assume there are two partridges encaged on your two feet to give you bliss, since I hear their loud voices though they are invisible to me. O brāhmaṇa! This is manifested because of your great power of yoga arising from austerity. Relishing the beauty of her thin yellow cloth around her waist, he speaks. It is astonishing that your blackish hips have become yellow like the kadamba flower. An alternative version has aṅga nitamba-bimbe. Aṅga is a vocative address. O sir! Looking at her jeweled belt he speaks. On your hips is a circle of embers. You are performing intense penances! Where is your garment made of bark? In bewilderment you have left your covering in your hermitage and come to me naked. This suggests his desire for a sexual encounter.
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