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Chapter 12: The Mohinī-mūrti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Śiva

Verse 27 of 44
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

tāmHer; anvagacchatfollowed; bhagavānLord Śiva; bhavaḥknown as Bhava; pramuṣita-indriyaḥwhose senses were agitated; kāmasyaof lusty desires; caand; vaśamvictimized; nītaḥhaving become; kareṇuma female elephant; ivajust as; yūthapaḥa 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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