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ŚB 10.71.35

Devanagari

ऊचु: स्‍त्रिय: पथि निरीक्ष्य मुकुन्दपत्नी-
स्तारा यथोडुपसहा: किमकार्यमूभि: ।
यच्चक्षुषां पुरुषमौलिरुदारहास-
लीलावलोककलयोत्सवमातनोति ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

ūcuḥ striyaḥ pathi nirīkṣya mukunda-patnīs
tārā yathoḍupa-sahāḥ kim akāry amūbhiḥ
yac cakṣuṣāṁ puruṣa-maulir udāra-hāsa
līlāvaloka-kalayotsavam ātanoti

Synonyms

ūcuḥ — said; striyaḥ — the women; pathi — upon the road; nirīkṣya — seeing; mukunda — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; patnīḥ — the wives; tārāḥ — stars; yathā — like; uḍu-pa — the moon; sahāḥ — accompanying; kim — what; akāri — was done; amūbhiḥ — by them; yat — since; cakṣuṣām — for their eyes; puruṣa — of men; mauliḥ — the diadem; udāra — wide; hāsa — with smiles; līlā — playful; avaloka — of His glances; kalayā — with a small portion; utsavam — a festival; ātanoti — He bestows.

Translation

Observing Lord Mukunda’s wives passing on the road like stars accompanying the moon, the women exclaimed, “What have these ladies done so that the best of men bestows upon their eyes the joy of His generous smiles and playful sidelong glances?”