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SB 8.12.23

Devanāgarī

तस्या: कराग्रात् स तु कन्दुको यदागतो विदूरं तमनुव्रजत्स्त्रिया: । वास: ससूत्रं लघु मारुतोऽहरद्भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यत: ॥ २३ ॥

Text

tasyāḥ karāgrāt sa tu kanduko yadā gato vidūraṁ tam anuvrajat-striyāḥ vāsaḥ sasūtraṁ laghu māruto ’harad bhavasya devasya kilānupaśyataḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.

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