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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.2.15

రూపం తపోధన తపశ్చరతాం తపోఘ్నంహ్యేతత్తు కేన తపసా భవతోపలబ్ధమ్ చర్తుం తపోఽర్హసి మయా సహ మిత్ర మహ్యంకిం వా ప్రసీదతి స వై భవభావనో మే ॥ ౧౫ ॥
rūpaṁ tapodhana tapaś caratāṁ tapoghnaṁ
[roopam tapodhana tapash charataam tapoghnam]
hy etat tu kena tapasā bhavatopalabdham
[hy etat tu kena tapasaa bhavatopalabdham]
cartuṁ tapo ’rhasi mayā saha mitra mahyaṁ
[chartum tapo ’rhasi mayaa saha mitra mahyam]
kiṁ vā prasīdati sa vai bhava-bhāvano me
[kim vaa praseedati sa vai bhava-bhaavano me]
rūpam — beauty tapaḥ-dhana — O best of the sages performing austerity tapaḥ caratām — of persons engaged in executing austerities and penances tapaḥ-ghnam — which dismantles the austerities hi — certainly etat — this tu — indeed kena — by what tapasā — austerity bhavatā — by you upalabdham — achieved cartum — to execute tapaḥ — austerity arhasi — you ought mayā saha — with me mitra — my dear friend mahyam — unto me kim vā — or maybe prasīdati — is pleased saḥ — he vai — certainly bhava-bhāvanaḥ — the creator of this universe me — with me.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rūpaṁ tapodhana tapaś caratāṁ tapoghnaṁ
rūpam
beauty
tapaḥ-dhana
O best of the sages performing austerity
tapaḥ caratām
of persons engaged in executing austerities and penances
tapaḥ-ghnam
which dismantles the austerities
hi
certainly
hy etat tu kena tapasā bhavatopalabdham
etat
this
tu
indeed
kena
by what
tapasā
austerity
bhavatā
by you
upalabdham
achieved
cartuṁ tapo ’rhasi mayā saha mitra mahyaṁ
cartum
to execute
tapaḥ
austerity
arhasi
you ought
mayā saha
with me
mitra
my dear friend
mahyam
unto me
kiṁ vā prasīdati sa vai bhava-bhāvano me
kim vā
or maybe
prasīdati
is pleased
saḥ
he
vai
certainly
bhava-bhāvanaḥ
the creator of this universe
me
with me.
O best among those performing austerities, where did you get this wonderful beauty that dismantles the austerities performed by others? Where have you learned this art? What austerity have you undergone to achieve this beauty, my dear friend? I desire that you join me to perform austerity and penance, for it may be that the creator of the universe, Lord Brahmā, being pleased with me, has sent you to become my wife.

Āgnīdhra appreciated the wonderful beauty of Pūrvacitti. Indeed, he was surprised to see such exceptional beauty, which must have been the result of past austerities and penances. He therefore asked the girl whether she had achieved such beauty just to break the penances and austerities of others. He thought that Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe, might have been pleased with him and might therefore have sent her to become his wife. He requested Pūrvacitti to become his wife so that together they could perform austerities and penances in family life. In other words, a suitable wife helps her husband perform penances and austerities in household life if both of them are on the same elevated platform of spiritual understanding. Without spiritual understanding, husband and wife cannot be equally situated. Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe, is interested in good progeny. Therefore unless he is pleased, one cannot get a suitable wife. In fact, Lord Brahmā is worshiped in marriage ceremonies. In India even today, wedding invitations are still issued with a picture of Lord Brahmā on the face of the card.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O wealth of austerity! By what penance have you gained this beauty which destroys the vows of persons performing austerities? You should join me in performing austerities to make me happy, O friend! Or perhaps Brahmā has been merciful to fulfill my desire for a wife. Perhaps you have been sent to join me in performing austerities. O wealth of austerity! You have gained to a high degree (upa) something which destroys others’ austerities. You should join me in performing austerities to make me happy (mahyam). Is Brahmā pleased to fulfill my desire?
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