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SB 10.55.10

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 10

sā tam patiṁ padma-dalāyatekṣaṇaṁ
pralamba-bāhuṁ nara-loka-sundaram
sa-vrīḍa-hāsottabhita-bhruvekṣatī
prītyopatasthe ratir aṅga saurataiḥ


SYNONYMS

sā—she; tam—Him; patim—her husband; padma—of a lotus flower; dala-āyata—spread wide like the petals; īkṣaṇam—whose eyes; pralamba—extended; bāhum—whose arms; nara-loka—of human society; sundaram—the greatest object of beauty; sa-vrīḍa—bashful; hāsa—with a smile; uttabhita—upraised; bhruvā—and with eyebrows; īkṣatī—glancing; prītyā—lovingly; upatasthe—approached; ratiḥ—Rati; aṅga—my dear (King Parīkṣit); saurataiḥ—with gestures indicative of conjugal attraction.


TRANSLATION

My dear King, with a bashful smile and raised eyebrows, Māyāvatī exhibited various gestures of conjugal attraction as she lovingly approached her husband, whose eyes were broad like the petals of a lotus, whose arms were very long and who was the most beautiful of men.


PURPORT

Māyāvatī exhibited her conjugal attraction for Pradyumna even before revealing their true identities. Naturally this caused some confusion at first, as described in the following verse.

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