Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.25.23

piśańga-nīvīḿ suśroṇīḿ

śyāmāḿ kanaka-mekhalām

padbhyāḿ kvaṇadbhyāḿ calantīḿ

nūpurair devatām iva

SYNONYMS

piśańga — yellow; nīvīm — garment; su-śroṇīm — beautiful waist; śyāmām — blackish; kanaka — golden; mekhalām — belt; padbhyām — with the feet; kvaṇadbhyām — tinkling; calantīm — walking; nūpuraiḥ — with ankle bells; devatām — a denizen of the heavens; iva — like.

TRANSLATION

The waist and hips of the woman were very beautiful. She was dressed in a yellow sārī with a golden belt. While she walked, her ankle bells rang. She appeared exactly like a denizen of the heavens.

PURPORT

This verse expresses the joyfulness of the mind upon seeing a woman with raised hips and breasts dressed in an attractive sārī and bedecked with ornaments.

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