Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.16-17

prāń-mukheṣūpaviṣṭeṣu

sureṣu ditijeṣu ca

dhūpāmodita-śālāyāḿ

juṣṭāyāḿ mālya-dīpakaiḥ

tasyāḿ narendra karabhorur uśad-dukūla-

śroṇī-taṭālasa-gatir mada-vihvalākṣī

sā kūjatī kanaka-nūpura-śiñjitena

kumbha-stanī kalasa-pāṇir athāviveśa

SYNONYMS

prāk-mukheṣu — facing east; upaviṣṭeṣu — were sitting on their respective seats; sureṣu — all the demigods; diti-jeṣu — the demons; ca — also; dhūpa-āmodita-śālāyām — in the arena, which was full of the smoke of incense; juṣṭāyām — fully decorated; mālya-dīpakaiḥ — with flower garlands and lamps; tasyām — in that arena; nara-indra — O King; karabha-ūruḥ — having thighs resembling the trunks of elephants; uśat-dukūla — dressed with a very beautiful sari; śroṇī-taṭa — because of big hips; alasa-gatiḥ — stepping very slowly; mada-vihvala-akṣī — whose eyes were restless because of youthful pride; sā — She; kūjatī — tinkling; kanaka-nūpura — of golden ankle bells; śiñjitena — with the sound; kumbha-stanī — a woman whose breasts were like water jugs; kalasa-pāṇiḥ — holding a waterpot in Her hand; atha — thus; āviveśa — entered the arena.

TRANSLATION

O King, as the demigods and demons sat facing east in an arena fully decorated with flower garlands and lamps and fragrant with the smoke of incense, that woman, dressed in a most beautiful sari, Her ankle bells tinkling, entered the arena, walking very slowly because of Her big, low hips. Her eyes were restless due to youthful pride, Her breasts were like water jugs, Her thighs resembled the trunks of elephants, and She carried a waterpot in Her hand.

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