Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.45

tā dīpa-dīptair maṇibhir virejū

rajjūr vikarṣad-bhuja-kańkaṇa-srajaḥ

calan-nitamba-stana-hāra-kuṇḍala-

tviṣat-kapolāruṇa-kuńkumānanāḥ

SYNONYMS

tāḥ — those women; dīpa — by the lamps; dīptaiḥ — illumined; maṇibhiḥ — with jewels; virejuḥ — shone; rajjūḥ — the (churning) ropes; vikarṣat — pulling; bhuja — upon their arms; kańkaṇa — of bangles; srajaḥ — wearing rows; calan — moving; nitamba — their hips; stana — breasts; hāra — and necklaces; kuṇḍala — due to their earrings; tviṣat — glowing; kapola — their cheeks; aruṇa — reddish; kuńkuma — with kuńkuma powder; ānanāḥ — their faces.

TRANSLATION

As they pulled on the churning ropes with their bangled arms, the women of Vraja shone with the splendor of their jewels, which reflected the lamps' light. Their hips, breasts and necklaces moved about, and their faces, anointed with reddish kuńkuma, glowed radiantly with the luster of their earrings reflecting from their cheeks.

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