Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.5.42

lobho 'dharāt prītir upary abhūd dyutir

nastaḥ paśavyaḥ sparśena kāmaḥ

bhruvor yamaḥ pakṣma-bhavas tu kālaḥ

prasīdatāḿ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ

SYNONYMS

lobhaḥ — greed; adharāt — from the lower lip; prītiḥ — affection; upari — from the upper lip; abhūt — became possible; dyutiḥ — bodily luster; nastaḥ — from the nose; paśavyaḥ — fit for the animals; sparśena — by the touch; kāmaḥ — lusty desires; bhruvoḥ — from the eyebrows; yamaḥ — Yamarāja became possible; pakṣma-bhavaḥ — from the eyelashes; tu — but; kālaḥ — eternal time, which brings death; prasīdatām — be pleased; naḥ — upon us; saḥ — He; mahā-vibhūtiḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has great prowess.

TRANSLATION

Greed is generated from His lower lip, affection from His upper lip, bodily luster from His nose, animalistic lusty desires from His sense of touch, Yamarāja from His eyebrows, and eternal time from His eyelashes. May that Supreme Lord be pleased with us.

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