SB 8.12.27

SB 8.12.27

Devanagari

तामन्वगच्छद् भगवान् भव: प्रमुषितेन्द्रिय: कामस्य च वशं नीत: करेणुमिव यूथप: ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

tām anvagacchad bhagavān bhavaḥ pramuṣitendriyaḥ kāmasya ca vaśaṁ nītaḥ kareṇum iva yūthapaḥ

Synonyms

tām Her ; anvagacchat followed ; bhagavān Lord Śiva ; bhavaḥ known as Bhava ; pramuṣita indriyaḥ — whose senses were agitated ; kāmasya of lusty desires ; ca and ; vaśam victimized ; nītaḥ having become ; kareṇum a female elephant ; iva just as ; yūthapaḥ a male elephant .

Translation

His senses being agitated, Lord Śiva, victimized by lusty desires, began to follow Her, just as a lusty elephant follows a she-elephant.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

His senses being agitated, Lord Śiva, victimized by lust, began to follow her, just as a male elephant follows a she-elephant.