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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.1-2

śrī-śuka uvāca

taḿ vīkṣya kṛṣānucaraḿ vraja-striyaḥ

pralamba-bāhuḿ nava-kañja-locanam

pītāmbaraḿ puṣkara-mālinaḿ lasan-

mukhāravindaḿ parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam

su-vismitāḥ ko 'yam apīvya-darśanaḥ

kutaś ca kasyācyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇaḥ

iti sma sarvāḥ parivavrur utsukās

tam uttamaḥ-śloka-padāmbujāśrayam

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tam — him; vīkṣya — seeing; kṛṣṇa-anucaram — the servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa (Uddhava); vraja-striyaḥ — the women of Vraja; pralamba — hanging down; bāhum — whose arms; nava — young; kañja — like lotuses; locanam — whose eyes; pīta — yellow; ambaram — wearing a garment; puṣkara — of lotuses; mālinam — wearing a garland; lasat — effulgently glowing; makha — whose face; aravindam — lotuslike; parimṛṣṭa — polished; kuṇḍalam — whose earrings; su-vismitāḥ — quite astonished; kaḥ — who; ayam — this; apīvya — handsome; darśanaḥ — whose appearance; kutaḥ — from where; ca — and; kasya — belonging to whom; acyuta — of Kṛṣṇa; veṣa — wearing the clothing; bhūṣaṇaḥ — and ornaments; iti — saying this; sma — indeed; sarvāḥ — all of them; parivavruḥ — surrounded; utsukāḥ — eager; tam — him; uttamaḥ-śloka — of Lord Kṛṣṇa, 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 Kṛṣṇa'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 Kṛṣṇa's clothes and ornaments!" Saying this, the gopīs eagerly crowded around Uddhava, whose shelter was the lotus feet of Lord Uttamaḥśloka, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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