Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.12.23
తస్యా: కరాగ్రాత్ స తు కన్దుకో యదాగతో విదూరం తమనువ్రజత్స్త్రియా:
వాస: ససూత్రం లఘు మారుతోఽహరద్భవస్య దేవస్య కిలానుపశ్యత: ॥ ౨౩ ॥
tasyāḥ karāgrāt sa tu kanduko yadā
[tasyaah karaagraat sa tu kanduko yadaa]
gato vidūraṁ tam anuvrajat-striyāḥ
[gato vidooram tam anuvrajat-striyaah]
vāsaḥ sasūtraṁ laghu māruto ’harad
[vaasah sasootram laghu maaruto ’harad]
bhavasya devasya kilānupaśyataḥ
[bhavasya devasya kilaanupashyatah]
Word-for-word
tasyāḥ
—
of the beautiful woman
kara-agrāt
—
from the hand
saḥ
—
that
tu
—
but
kandukaḥ
—
the ball
yadā
—
when
gataḥ
—
had gone
vidūram
—
far off
tam
—
that ball
anuvrajat
—
began to follow
striyāḥ
—
of that woman
vāsaḥ
—
the covering dress
sa-sūtram
—
with the belt
laghu
—
because of being very fine
mārutaḥ
—
the breeze
aharat
—
blew away
bhavasya
—
while Lord Śiva
devasya
—
the chief demigod
kila
—
indeed
anupaśyataḥ
—
was always looking.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasyāḥ karāgrāt sa tu kanduko yadā
tasyāḥ
of the beautiful woman
kara-agrāt
from the hand
saḥ
that
tu
but
kandukaḥ
the ball
yadā
when
gato vidūraṁ tam anuvrajat-striyāḥ
gataḥ
had gone
vidūram
far off
tam
that ball
anuvrajat
began to follow
striyāḥ
of that woman
vāsaḥ sasūtraṁ laghu māruto ’harad
vāsaḥ
the covering dress
sa-sūtram
with the belt
laghu
because of being very fine
mārutaḥ
the breeze
bhavasya devasya kilānupaśyataḥ
aharat
blew away
bhavasya
while Lord Śiva
devasya
the chief demigod
kila
indeed
anupaśyataḥ
was always looking.
When the ball leaped from Her hand and fell at a distance, the woman began to follow it, but as Lord Śiva observed these activities, a breeze suddenly blew away the fine dress and belt that covered her.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
When the ball leaped from her hand and fell at a distance, the woman began to follow it. While Śiva watched, a breeze suddenly raised the woman’s fine dress and belt.
The wind raised up her fine dress and belt as she followed the ball.
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