942 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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, Devahuti 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 Krsna 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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faerie aft ca aeaatorfica |
sara afeat ard PreeargHat TA: loll

likhanty adho-mukhi bhimim
pada nakha-mani-sriya

uvaca lalitarn vacam
nirudhydasru-kalam sanaih

likhanti—scratching; adhah-mukhi—her head bent down; bhimim—the
ground; pada—with her foot; nakha—nails; mani—gemlike; sriya—with ra-
diant; uvaca—she spoke; lalitaém—charming; vacam—accents; nirudhya --
suppressing; asru-kalam—tears; sanaih—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

Devahuti 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 gopis before Krsna. When the gopis came in the dead of night and
Krsna asked them to return to their homes, the gopis also scratched the
ground like this because their minds were very disturbed.
