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CC Antya 15.70 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 70

vīkṣyālakāvṛta-mukhaṁ tava kuṇḍala-śri-
gaṇḍa-sthalādhara-sudhaṁ hasitāvalokam
dattābhayaṁ ca bhuja-daṇḍa-yugaṁ vilokya
vakṣaḥ śriyaika-ramaṇaṁ ca bhavāma dāsyaḥ


SYNONYMS

vīkṣya—seeing; alaka-āvṛta—decorated with curling tresses of hair; mukham—face; tava—Your; kuṇḍala-śri—the beauty of earrings; gaṇḍa-sthala—falling in Your cheeks; adhara-sudham—and the nectar of Your lips; hasita-avalokam—Your smiling glance; datta-abhayam—which assure fearlessness; ca—and; bhuja-daṇḍa-yugam—the two arms; vilokya—by seeing; vakṣaḥ—chest; śriyā—by the beauty; eka-ramaṇam—chiefly producing conjugal attraction; ca—and; bhavāma—we have become; dāsyaḥ—Your maidservants.


TRANSLATION

"Dear Kṛṣṇa, by seeing Your beautiful face decorated with tresses of hair, by seeing the beauty of Your earrings falling on Your cheeks, and by seeing the nectar of Your lips, the beauty of Your smiling glances, Your two arms, which assure complete fearlessness, and Your broad chest, whose beauty arouses conjugal attraction, we have simply surrendered ourselves to becoming Your maidservants.'


PURPORT

This verse quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.39) was spoken by the gopīs when they arrived before Kṛṣṇa for the rāsa dance.