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Chapter 16: How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali

Verse 35 of 29
SB 1.16.35

का वा सहेत विरहं पुरुषोत्तमस्य प्रेमावलोकरुचिरस्मितवल्गुजल्पैः स्थैर्यं समानमहरन्मधुमानिनीनां रोमोत्सवो मम यदंघ्रिविटंकितायाः

kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya premāvaloka-rucira-smita-valgu-jalpaiḥ sthairyaṁ samānam aharan madhu-māninīnāṁ romotsavo mama yad-aṅghri-viṭaṅkitāyāḥ

Synonyms

who; either; sahetacan tolerate; virahamseparation; puruṣottamasyaof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; premāloving; avalokaglancing; rucira-smitapleasing smile; valgu-jalpaiḥhearty appeals; sthairyamgravity; samānamalong with passionate wrath; aharatconquered; madhusweethearts; māninīnāmwomen such as Satyabhāmā; roma-utsavaḥhair standing on end out of pleasure; mamamine; yatwhose; aṅghrifeet; viṭaṅkitāyāḥimprinted with..

Translation

Who can, therefore, tolerate the pangs of separation from that Supreme Personality of Godhead? He could conquer the gravity and passionate wrath of His sweethearts like Satyabhāmā and others by His sweet smile of love, pleasing glance and hearty appeals. When He traversed my [earth’s] surface, I would be immersed in the dust of His lotus feet and thus would be sumptuously covered with grass which appeared like hairs standing on me out of pleasure.

Purport

There were chances of separation between the Lord and His thousands of queens because of the Lord's being absent from home, but as far as His connection with earth was concerned, the Lord would traverse the earth with His lotus feet, and therefore there was no chance of separation. When the Lord left the surface of the earth to return to His spiritual abode, the earth's feelings of separation were therefore more acute.

Verse 35 of 29
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