Text 10] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 327

gopyah—the feminine community, the wives of the cowherd men;
ca—also; dakamya—after hearing; muditah—became very glad;
yasodéyah—of mother Yasodaé; suta-udbhavam—the birth of a male
child; dtmaénam—personally; bhisayam cakruh—dressed very nicely to
attend the festival; vastra-dkalpa-anjana-ddibhih—with proper dress,
ornaments, black ointment, and so on.

TRANSLATION

The gopi wives of the cowherd men were very pleased to hear
that mother Yasoda had given birth to a son, and they began to
decorate themselves very nicely with proper dresses, ornaments,
black ointment for the eyes, and so on.

TEXT 10

AATF ACHAATS TTT: |
TOMAR HY? TAVITA HA 112 ol

nava-kurikuma-kinjalka-
mukha-pankaja-bhitayah

balibhis tvaritarh jagmuh
prthu-Sronyas calat-kucah

nava-kunkuma-kinjalka—with saffron and newly grown kunkuma
flower; mukha-parikaja-bhitayah—exhibiting an extraordinary beauty
in their lotuslike faces; balibhih—with presentations in their hands;
tvaritam—very quickly; jagmuh—went (to the house of mother
Yagoda); prthu-sronyah—bearing full hips, fulfilling womanly beauty;
calat-kucéh—their developed breasts were moving.

TRANSLATION

Their lotuslike faces extraordinarily beautiful, being decorated
with saffron and newly grown kunkuma, the wives of the cowherd
men hurried to the house of mother Yasoda with presentations in
their hands. Because of natural beauty, the wives had full hips and
full breasts, which moved as they hurried along.
