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Chapter 12: The Mohinī-mūrti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Śiva

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SB 8.12.27

तामन्वगच्छद्भगवान्भवः प्रमुषितेन्द्रियः कामस्य च वशं नीतः करेणुमिव यूथपः

tām anvagacchad bhagavān bhavaḥ pramuṣitendriyaḥ kāmasya ca vaśaṁ nītaḥ kareṇum iva yūthapaḥ

Synonyms

tām—Her; anvagacchat—followed; bhagavān—Lord Śiva; bhavaḥ—known as Bhava; pramuṣita-indriyaḥ—whose senses were agitated; kāmasya—of lusty desires; ca—and; vaśam—victimized; nītaḥ—having become; kareṇum—a female elephant; iva—just as; yūthapaḥ—a male elephant..

Translation

His senses being agitated, Lord Śiva, victimized by lusty desires, began to follow Her, just as a lusty elephant follows a she-elephant.

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