Shloka 20

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

विशालजघनाः सद्यो ननृतुर्मुमुदुर्जगुः काश्चिद्दृष्ट्वा हरिं नार्यः किंचित् प्रहसिताननाः

Transliteration

viśālajaghanāḥ sadyo nanṛturmumudurjaguḥ kāściddṛṣṭvā hariṃ nāryaḥ kiṃcit prahasitānanāḥ

Translation

Some women, broad-hipped, the very moment they beheld Hari, began to dance at once; they rejoiced and sang, their faces breaking into gentle smiles.

Word by Word

• विशाल-जघनाः: broad-hipped women

• सद्यः: immediately

• ननृतुः: danced

• मुमुदुः: rejoiced

• जगुः: sang

• काश्चित्: some

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)

• नार्यः: women

• किंचित्: slightly/gently

• प्रहसित-आननाः: with smiling faces

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)