126 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

tasyah kardgrat sa tu kanduko yada
gato vidiram tam anuvrajat-striyah
vasah sasiitrar laghu maruto *harad

bhavasya devasya kilanupasyatah

tasyah—of the beautiful woman; kara-agrat—from the hand; sah—
that; tu—but; kandukah—the ball; yada—when; gatah—had gone;
vidiram—far off; tam—that ball; anuvrajat—began to follow;
striyah—of that woman; vasah—the covering dress; sa-siitram—with
the belt; /aghu—because of being very fine; mdrutah—the breeze;
aharat—blew away; bhavasya—while Lord Siva; devasya—the chief
demigod; kila—indeed; anupasyatah—was always looking.

TRANSLATION
When the ball leaped from Her hand and fell at a distance, the

woman began to follow it, but as Lord Siva observed these ac-
tivities, a breeze suddenly blew away the fine dress and belt that
covered her.

TEXT 24.
ad at ofterngl aaetat qateary |
tH dat aa asa aa: fas lvl

evam tam rucirapangim
darsaniyam manoramam

drstvd tasyam manas cakre
visajjantyam bhavah kila

evam—in this way; tam—Her; rucira-apdrnigim—possessing all at-
tractive features; darsaniyam—pleasing to see; manoramam—
beautifully formed; drstva—seeing; tasyam—upon Her; manah
cakre—thought; visajjantyam—to be attracted by him; bhavah—Lord
Siva; kila—indeed.

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Siva saw the woman, every part of whose body was
beautifully formed, and the beautiful woman also looked at him.
