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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 23 ]
with his wife in the company of beautiful girls, and begetting of children were finished, and now, according to his promise to leave home for his real concern of spiritual realization after impregnating his wife, he was about to go away. Seeing her husband about to leave, Devahūti was very disturbed, but to satisfy her husband she was smiling. The example of Kardama Muni should be understood very clearly; a person whose main concern is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even if he is entrapped in household life, should always be ready to leave household enticement as soon as possible.
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लिखन्त्यधोमुखी भूमिं पदा नखमणिश्रिया ।
उवाच ललितां वाचं निरुध्याश्वकलां शनैः ॥५०॥
likhanty adho-mukhī bhūmim
padā nakha-maṇi-śriyā
uvāca lalitām vācam
nirudhyāśru-kalām śanaiḥ
likhantī —scratching;  adhaḥ-mukhī —her head bent down;  bhūmim —the ground;  padā —with her foot;  nakha —nails;  maṇi —gemlike;  śriyā —with radiant;  uvāca —she spoke;  lalitām —charming;  vācam —accents;  nirudhya —suppressing;  aśru-kalām —tears;  śanaiḥ —slowly.
TRANSLATION
She stood and scratched the ground with her foot, which was radiant with the luster of her gemlike nails. Her head bent down, she spoke in slow yet charming accents, suppressing her tears.
PURPORT
Devahūti was so beautiful that her toenails appeared just like pearls, and as she scratched the ground it appeared as if pearls had been thrown on the ground. When a woman scratches the ground with her foot, it is a sign that her mind is very disturbed. These signs were sometimes exhibited by the  gopīs  before Kṛṣṇa. When the  gopīs  came in the dead of night and Kṛṣṇa asked them to return to their homes, the  gopīs  also scratched the ground like this because their minds were very disturbed.