328 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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 ar-
tificial 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
balibhih indicates that the women were carrying gold coins, jeweled
necklaces, nice cloths, newly grown grass, sandalwood pulp, flower gar-
lands and similar offerings on plates made of gold. Such offerings are
called bali. The words tvaritarm jagmuh indicate how happy the village
women were to understand that mother Yasoda had given birth to a won-
derful child known as Krsna.

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MATH SSTATTATT: MN
gopyah sumrsta-mani-kundala-niska-kanthyas
citrambarah pathi sikhad-cyuta-mdlya-varsah
nanddlayam sa-valaya vrajatir virejur
vydlola-kundala-payodhara-hara-sobhah

gopyah—the gopis; su-mrsta—very dazzling; mani—made of jewels;
kundala—wearing earrings; niska-kanthyah—and having little keys
and lockets hanging from their necks; citra-ambardh—dressed with
varieties of colored embroidery; pathi—on their way to Yasodamayi’s
house; sikhd-cyuta—fell from their hair; mdlya-varséh—a shower of
