SB 4.25.23
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 25: The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- piśaṅga-nīvīṁ suśroṇīṁ
- śyāmāṁ kanaka-mekhalām
- padbhyāṁ kvaṇadbhyāṁ calantīṁ
- nūpurair devatām iva
SYNONYMS
piśaṅga — yellow; nīvīm — garment; su-śroṇīm — beautiful waist; śyāmām — blackish; kanaka — golden; mekhalām — belt; padbhyām — with the feet; kvaṇadbhyām — tinkling; calantīm — walking; nūpuraiḥ — with ankle bells; devatām — a denizen of the heavens; iva — like.
TRANSLATION
The waist and hips of the woman were very beautiful. She was dressed in a yellow sārī with a golden belt. While she walked, her ankle bells rang. She appeared exactly like a denizen of the heavens.
PURPORT
This verse expresses the joyfulness of the mind upon seeing a woman with raised hips and breasts dressed in an attractive sārī and bedecked with ornaments.