Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.21.19

śiśira-snigdha-tārākṣaḥ

samaikṣata samantataḥ

ūcivān idam urvīśaḥ

sadaḥ saḿharṣayann iva

SYNONYMS

śiśira — dew; snigdha — wet; tārā — stars; akṣaḥ — eyes; samaikṣata — glanced over; samantataḥ — all around; ūcivān — began to speak; idam — this; urvīśaḥ — highly elevated; sadaḥ — amongst the members of the assembly; saḿharṣayan — enhancing their pleasure; iva — like.

TRANSLATION

Just to encourage the members of the assembly and to enhance their pleasure, King Pṛthu glanced over them with eyes that seemed like stars in a sky wet with dew. He then spoke to them in a great voice.

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