Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.9

drakṣyāmi nūnaḿ su-kapola-nāsikaḿ

smitāvalokāruṇa-kañja-locanam

mukhaḿ mukundasya guḍālakāvṛtaḿ

pradakṣiṇaḿ me pracaranti vai mṛgāḥ

SYNONYMS

drakṣyāmi — I am going to see; nūnam — for certain; su — beautiful; kapola — whose cheeks; nāsikam — and nose; smita — smiling; avaloka — with glances; aruṇa — reddish; kañja — lotuslike; locanam — the eyes; mukham — the face; mukundasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; guḍa — twisting; alaka — with hair; āvṛtam — framed; pradakṣiṇam — clockwise circumambulation; me — of me; pracaranti — are performing; vai — indeed; mṛgāḥ — the deer.

TRANSLATION

Surely I shall see the face of Lord Mukunda, since the deer are now walking past me on my right. That face, framed by His curly hair, is beautified by His attractive cheeks and nose, His smiling glances and His reddish lotus eyes.

PURPORT

Akrūra saw an auspicious omen — the passing of the deer on his right — and thus felt sure he would see the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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