Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.71.35

ūcuḥ striyaḥ pathi nirīkṣya mukunda-patnīs

tārā yathoḍupa-sahāḥ kim akāry amūbhiḥ

yac cakṣuṣāḿ puruṣa-maulir udāra-hāsa

līlāvaloka-kalayotsavam ātanoti

SYNONYMS

ūcuḥ — said; striyaḥ — the women; pathi — upon the road; nirīkṣya — seeing; mukunda — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; patnīḥ — the wives; tārāḥ — stars; yathā — like; uḍu-pa — the moon; sahāḥ — accompanying; kim — what; akāri — was done; amūbhiḥ — by them; yat — since; cakṣuṣām — for their eyes; puruṣa — of men; mauliḥ — the diadem; udāra — wide; hāsa — with smiles; līlā — playful; avaloka — of His glances; kalayā — with a small portion; utsavam — a festival; ātanoti — He bestows.

TRANSLATION

Observing Lord Mukunda's wives passing on the road like stars accompanying the moon, the women exclaimed, "What have these ladies done so that the best of men bestows upon their eyes the joy of His generous smiles and playful sidelong glances?"

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