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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 5]
PURPORT
The cowherd men and women in the villages lived a very natural life, and the women developed a natural feminine beauty, with full hips and breasts. Because women in modern civilization do not live naturally, their hips and breasts do not develop this natural fullness. Because of artificial living, women have lost their natural beauty, although they claim to be independent and advanced in material civilization. This description of the village women gives a clear example of the contrast between natural life and the artificial life of a condemned society, such as that of the Western countries, where topless, bottomless beauty may be easily purchased in clubs and shops and for public advertisements. The word  balibhiḥ  indicates that the women were carrying gold coins, jeweled necklaces, nice cloths, newly grown grass, sandalwood pulp, flower garlands and similar offerings on plates made of gold. Such offerings are called  bali . The words  tvaritaṁ jagmuḥ  indicate how happy the village women were to understand that mother Yaśodā had given birth to a wonderful child known as Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 11
गोप्यः सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलनिष्ककण्ठ्य-
श्वित्राम्बराः पथि शिखाच्युतमाल्यवर्षाः।
नन्दालयं सवलया व्रजतीर्विरेजु-
व्यालोलकुण्डलपयोधरहारशोभाः ॥११॥
gopyaḥ sumṛṣṭa-maṇi-kuṇḍala-niṣka-kaṇṭhyaś citrāmbarāḥ pathi śikhā-cyuta-mālya-varṣāḥ nandālayaṁ sa-valayā vrajatīr virejur vyālola-kuṇḍala-payodhara-hāra-śobhāḥ
gopyaḥ —the  gopīs ;  su-mṛṣṭa —very dazzling;  maṇi —made of jewels;  kuṇḍala —wearing earrings;  niṣka-kaṇṭhyaḥ —and having little keys and lockets hanging from their necks;  citra-ambarāḥ —dressed with varieties of colored embroidery;  pathi —on their way to Yaśodāmayī's house;  śikhā-cyuta —fell from their hair;  mālya-varṣāḥ —a shower of