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.