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SB 8.12.26

Devanāgarī

सा तमायान्तमालोक्य विवस्त्रा व्रीडिता भृशम् । निलीयमाना वृक्षेषु हसन्ती नान्वतिष्ठत ॥ २६ ॥

Text

sā tam āyāntam ālokya vivastrā vrīḍitā bhṛśam nilīyamānā vṛkṣeṣu hasantī nānvatiṣṭhata

Synonyms

sā—that woman;tam—Lord Śiva;āyāntam—who was coming near;ālokya—seeing;vivastrā—She was naked;vrīḍitā—very bashful;bhṛśam—so much;nilīyamānā—was hiding;vṛkṣeṣu—among the trees;hasantī—smiling;na—not;anvatiṣṭhata—stood in one place.

Translation

The beautiful woman was already naked, and when She saw Lord Śiva coming toward Her, She became extremely bashful. Thus She kept smiling, but She hid Herself among the trees and did not stand in one place.

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