Shloka 36
Secondary Creation Begins: Brahmā’s Productions, the Guṇas, and the Emergence of Orders of Beings
नैकत्र ते जयति शालिनि पादपद्मं घ्नन्त्या मुहु: करतलेन पतत्पतङ्गम् । मध्यं विषीदति बृहत्स्तनभारभीतं शान्तेव दृष्टिरमला सुशिखासमूह: ॥ ३६ ॥
naikatra te jayati śālini pāda-padmaṁ ghnantyā muhuḥ kara-talena patat-pataṅgam madhyaṁ viṣīdati bṛhat-stana-bhāra-bhītaṁ śānteva dṛṣṭir amalā suśikhā-samūhaḥ
ឱ នារីស្រស់ស្អាតមានសោភា! ពេលអ្នកវាយបាល់ដែលលោតឡើងចុះដោយបាតដៃម្តងហើយម្តងទៀត ជើងដូចផ្កាឈូករបស់អ្នកមិនស្ថិតនៅកន្លែងតែមួយទេ។ ដោយសារទម្ងន់សុដន់ពេញលេញ ចង្កេះអ្នកនឿយហត់ ហើយភ្នែកស្អាតច្បាស់របស់អ្នកហាក់ដូចជាមង្វាក់។ សូមចងសក់ស្រស់ស្អាតរបស់អ្នកជាជួរ។
The demons observed beautiful gestures in the woman’s every step. Here they praise her full-grown breasts, her scattered hair and her movements in stepping forward and backward while playing with the ball. In every step they enjoy her womanly beauty, and while they enjoy her beauty their minds become agitated by sex desire. As moths at night surround a fire and are killed, so the demons become victims of the movements of the ball-like breasts of a beautiful woman. The scattered hair of a beautiful woman also afflicts the heart of a lusty demon.
FAQs
This verse poetically describes Devahūti’s graceful movements and features—her lotus feet in motion, her slender waist, and her calm, pure glance—using the image of her striking at a moth drawn to a lamp.
In the narrative, Śukadeva presents the scene vividly for Parīkṣit Mahārāja, using refined poetic imagery to portray Devahūti’s presence and the atmosphere around her within the unfolding creation-era account.
It reminds a reader to observe the world with purity and calmness, and to recognize how attraction can pull the mind (like a moth to a flame), encouraging mindful restraint and inner steadiness.