Text 25] King Puranjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt 1241

pleasing the offended Vaisnava or brahmana. This was the course that
Durvasa Muni had to follow, for he surrendered unto Maharaja Ambarisa.
A vaisnava-aparadha cannot be atoned for by any means other than by
begging the pardon of the offended Vaisnava.

TEXT 25

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TY AATAY Dated Garrat
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vaktram na te vitilakam malinam viharsam
sarmrambha-bhimam avimrstam apeta-ragam

pasye standav api sucopahatau sujatau
bimbddharam vigata-kunkuma-panka-ragam

vaktram—face; na—never; te—your; vitilakam—without being decorated;
malinam—unclean; viharsam—morose; sarhrambha—with anger; bhimam—
dangerous; avimrstam—without luster; apeta-ragam—without affection;
pasye—I have seen; stanau—your breasts; api—also; sucd-upahatau—wet
because of your tears; su-jatau—so nice; bimba-adharam—red lips; vigata—
without; kunkuma-panka—saffron; ragam—color.

TRANSLATION

My dear wife, until this day I have never seen your face without tilaka
decorations, nor have I seen you so morose and without luster or affection.
Nor have I seen your two nice breasts wet with tears from your eyes. Nor
have I ever before seen your lips, which are ordinarily as red as the bimba
fruit, without their reddish hue.

PURPORT

Every woman looks very beautiful when decorated with tilaka and
vermillion. A woman generally becomes very attractive when her lips are
colored with reddish saffron or vermillion. But when one’s consciousness
and intelligence are without any brilliant thoughts about Krsna, they
become morose and lusterless, so much so that one cannot derive any
benefit despite sharp intelligence.
