Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.61.4

smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri

bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥ

patnyas tu śoḍaśa-sahasram anańga-bāṇair

yasyendriyaḿ vimathitum karaṇair na śekuḥ

SYNONYMS

smāya — with concealed laughter; avaloka — of glances; lava — by the traces; darśita — displayed; bhāva — by the intentions; hāri — enchanting; bhrū — of the eyebrows; maṇḍala — by the arch; prahita — sent forth; saurata — romantic; mantra — of messages; śauṇḍaiḥ — with the manifestations of boldness; patnyaḥ — wives; tu — but; ṣoḍaśa — sixteen; sahasram — thousand; anańga — of Cupid; bāṇaiḥ — with the arrows; yasya — whose; indriyam — senses; vimathitum — to agitate; karaṇaiḥ — and by (other) means; na śekuḥ — were unable.

TRANSLATION

The arched eyebrows of these sixteen thousand queens enchantingly expressed those ladies' secret intentions through coyly smiling sidelong glances. Thus their eyebrows boldly sent forth conjugal messages. Yet even with these arrows of Cupid, and with other means as well, they could not agitate Lord Kṛṣṇa's senses.

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