92 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 2

TRANSLATION

Then Agnidhra observed the glancing eyes of Parvacitti and
said: My dear friend, you have two very powerful arrows, namely
your glancing eyes. Those arrows have feathers like the petals of a
lotus flower. Although they have no shafts, they are very beautiful,
and they have very sharp, piercing points. They appear very
peaceful, and thus it seems that they will not be shot at anyone.
You must be loitering in this forest to shoot those arrows at some-
one, but I cannot understand whom. My intelligence is dull, and I
cannot combat you. Indeed, no one can equal you in prowess, and
therefore I pray that your prowess will be for my good fortune.

PURPORT

Agnidhra thus began appreciating Pirvacitti’s powerful glance upon
him. He compared her glancing eyes to very sharp arrows. Although her
eyes were as beautiful as lotuses, they were simultaneously like shaftless
arrows, and Agnidhra was therefore afraid of them. He hoped that her
glances upon him would be favorable because he was already captivated,
and the more captivated he became, the more impossible it would be for
him to remain without her. Agnidhra therefore prayed to Parvacitti that
her glances at him would be auspicious, not futile. In other words, he
prayed that she would become his wife.

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Sisya ime bhagavatah paritah pathanti
gayanti sama sarahasyam ajasram isam

yusmac-chikhd-vilulitah sumano ’bhivrstih
sarve bhajanty rsi-gana iva veda-sakhah
