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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.12.21

శ్లథద్ దుకూలం కబరీం చ విచ్యుతాంసన్నహ్యతీం వామకరేణ వల్గునా వినిఘ్నతీమన్యకరేణ కన్దుకంవిమోహయన్తీం జగదాత్మమాయయా ॥ ౨౧ ॥
ślathad dukūlaṁ kabarīṁ ca vicyutāṁ
[shlathad dukoolam kabareem cha vichyutaam]
sannahyatīṁ vāma-kareṇa valgunā
[sannahyateem vaama-karena valgunaa]
vinighnatīm anya-kareṇa kandukaṁ
[vinighnateem anya-karena kandukam]
vimohayantīṁ jagad-ātma-māyayā
[vimohayanteem jagad-aatma-maayayaa]
ślathat — slipping or slackening dukūlam — the sari kabarīm ca — and the hair on the head vicyutām — being slackened and scattered sannahyatīm — trying to bind vāma-kareṇa — with the left hand valgunā — very beautifully attractive vinighnatīm — striking anya-kareṇa — with the right hand kandukam — the ball vimohayantīm — in this way captivating everyone jagat — the whole world ātma-māyayā — by the spiritual potency, the internal energy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ślathad dukūlaṁ kabarīṁ ca vicyutāṁ
ślathat
slipping or slackening
dukūlam
the sari
kabarīm ca
and the hair on the head
vicyutām
being slackened and scattered
sannahyatīṁ vāma-kareṇa valgunā
sannahyatīm
trying to bind
vāma-kareṇa
with the left hand
valgunā
very beautifully attractive
vinighnatīm anya-kareṇa kandukaṁ
vinighnatīm
striking
anya-kareṇa
with the right hand
kandukam
the ball
vimohayantīṁ jagad-ātma-māyayā
vimohayantīm
in this way captivating everyone
jagat
the whole world
ātma-māyayā
by the spiritual potency, the internal energy.
As She played with the ball, the sari covering Her body became loose, and Her hair scattered. She tried to bind Her hair with Her beautiful left hand, and at the same time She played with the ball by striking it with Her right hand. This was so attractive that the Supreme Lord, by His internal potency, in this way captivated everyone.

In Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) it is said, daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā: the external potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is extremely strong. Indeed, everyone is fully captivated by her activities. Lord Śambhu (Śiva) was not to be captivated by the external potency, but because Lord Viṣṇu wanted to captivate Him also, He exhibited His internal potency to act the way that His external potency acts to captivate ordinary living entities. Lord Viṣṇu can captivate anyone, even such a strong personality as Lord Śambhu.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Her cloth became loose and her hair scattered. She tried to bind her hair with left hand, while she bounced the ball with her right hand. She enchanted the whole world by the Lord’s māyā. Sannahyatīm means “binding.” The Lord bewilders the world by the external energy. Now he bewildered even Śiva who was ātmārāma and in control of māyā, by his form.
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