1172 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25

throws his arrow at the heart. Thus one is quickly conquered by the eye-
brows of a beautiful woman. When one is agitated by lusty desires, his
senses are attracted by all kinds of visaya (enjoyable things like sound,
touch, form, smell and taste). These attractive sense objects oblige one to
come under the control of a woman. In this way the conditional life of a
living entity begins. Conditional life means being under the control of a
woman, and certainly the living entity is always at the mercy of a woman
or a man. Thus living entities live in bondage to one another, and thus they
continue this conditional material life illusioned by maya.

TEXT 31

STA SHIT AITY
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tvad-Gnanam subhru sutara-locanarh
vyalambi-nilalaka-vrnda-samurtam
unniya me darsaya valgu-vacakarh
yad vridaya nabhimukham suci-smite

tvat—your; dnanam—face; su-bhru—having nice eyebrows; su-tara—with
nice pupils; locanam—eyes; vydlambi—scattered; nila—bluish; alaka-vrnda—
by locks of hair; sarnurtam—surrounded; unniya—having raised; me—unto
me; dargaya—show; valgu-vacakam—having words very sweet to hear; yat—
which face; vridaya—by shyness; na—not; abhimukham-—face to face; suci-
smite—O woman with lovely smiles.

TRANSLATION

My dear girl, your face is so beautiful with your nice eyebrows and eyes
and with your bluish hair scattered about. In addition, very sweet sounds
are coming from your mouth. Nonetheless you are so covered with shyness
that you do not see me face to face. I therefore request you, my dear girl,
to smile and kindly raise your head to see me.

PURPORT

Such a speech is typical of a living entity attracted by the opposite sex.
This is called bewilderment occasioned by becoming conditioned by
