Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.1-2

śrī-śuka uvāca

tam vīkshya krishānucaram vraja-striyah

pralamba-bāhum nava-kañja-locanam

pītāmbaram pushkara-mālinam lasan-

mukhāravindam parimrishta-kundalam

su-vismitāh ko 'yam apīvya-darśanah

kutaś ca kasyācyuta-vesha-bhūshanah

iti sma sarvāh parivavrur utsukās

tam uttamah-śloka-padāmbujāśrayam

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukah uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tam — him; vīkshya — seeing; krishna-anucaram — the servant of Lord Krishna (Uddhava); vraja-striyah — the women of Vraja; pralamba — hanging down; bāhum — whose arms; nava — young; kañja — like lotuses; locanam — whose eyes; pīta — yellow; ambaram — wearing a garment; pushkara — of lotuses; mālinam — wearing a garland; lasat — effulgently glowing; makha — whose face; aravindam — lotuslike; parimrishta — polished; kundalam — whose earrings; su-vismitāh — quite astonished; kah — who; ayam — this; apīvya — handsome; darśanah — whose appearance; kutah — from where; ca — and; kasya — belonging to whom; acyuta — of Krishna; vesha — wearing the clothing; bhūshanah — and ornaments; iti — saying this; sma — indeed; sarvāh — all of them; parivavruh — surrounded; utsukāh — eager; tam — him; uttamah-śloka — of Lord Krishna, who is praised by the best poetry; pada-ambuja — by the lotus feet; āśrayam — who is sheltered.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The young women of Vraja became astonished upon seeing Lord Krishna's servant, who had long arms, whose eyes resembled a newly grown lotus, who wore a yellow garment and a lotus garland, and whose lotuslike face glowed with brightly polished earrings. "Who is this handsome man?" the gopīs asked. "Where has he come from, and whom does he serve? He's wearing Krishna's clothes and ornaments!" Saying this, the gopīs eagerly crowded around Uddhava, whose shelter was the lotus feet of Lord Uttamahśloka, Śrī Krishna.

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