SB 8.12.23 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तस्या: कराग्रात् स तु कन्दुको यदागतो विदूरं तमनुव्रजत्स्त्रिया:

वास: ससूत्रं लघु मारुतोऽहरद्भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यत: ॥ २३ ॥

Verse text

tasyāḥ karāgrāt sa tu kanduko yadā

gato vidūraṁ tam anuvrajat-striyāḥ

vāsaḥ sasūtraṁ laghu māruto ’harad

bhavasya devasya kilānupaśyataḥ

Synonyms

tasyāḥ — of the beautiful woman ; kara-agrāt — from the hand ; saḥ — that ; tu — but ; kandukaḥ — the ball ; yadā — when ; gataḥ — had gone ; vidūram — far off ; tam — that ball ; anuvrajat — began to follow ; striyāḥ — of that woman ; vāsaḥ — the covering dress ; sa-sūtram — with the belt ; laghu — because of being very fine ; mārutaḥ — the breeze ; aharat — blew away ; bhavasya — while Lord Śiva ; devasya — the chief demigod ; kila — indeed ; anupaśyataḥ — was always looking.

Translation

When the ball leaped from Her hand and fell at a distance, the woman began to follow it, but as Lord Śiva observed these activities, a breeze suddenly blew away the fine dress and belt that covered her.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When the ball leaped from her hand and fell at a distance, the woman began to follow it. While Śiva watched, a breeze suddenly raised the woman’s fine dress and belt. The wind raised up her fine dress and belt as she followed the ball.