Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.32

aho rūpam aho dhairyam

aho asyā navaḿ vayaḥ

madhye kāmayamānānām

akāmeva visarpati

SYNONYMS

aho — oh; rūpam — what beauty; aho — oh; dhairyam — what self-control; aho — oh; asyāḥ — her; navam — budding; vayaḥ — youth; madhyein the midst; kāmayamānānām — of those passionately longing for; akāmā — free from passion; iva — like; visarpati — walking with us.

TRANSLATION

The demons praised her: Oh, what a beauty! What rare self-control! What a budding youth! In the midst of us all, who are passionately longing for her, she is moving about like one absolutely free from passion.

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