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TEXT 22
tam viksya deva iti kanduka-lilayesad-
vridasphuta-smita-visrsta-kataksa-mustah
stri-preksana-pratisamiksana-vihvalatma
natmanam antika umam sva-ganams ca veda
SYNONYMS
tamHer; viksyaafter observing; devahLord Sambhu; itiin this way; kanduka-lilayaby playing with the ball; isatslight; vridaby bashfulness; asphutanot very distinct; smitawith smiling; visrstasent; kataksa-mustahdefeated by the glances; stri-preksanaby glancing at that beautiful woman; pratisamiksanaand by constantly being watched by Her; vihvala-atmawhose mind was agitated; nanot; atmanamhimself; antike(situated) nearby; umamhis wife, mother Uma; sva-ganan caand his associates; vedaLord Siva could understand.
TRANSLATION
While Lord Siva observed the beautiful woman playing with the ball, She sometimes glanced at him and slightly smiled in bashfulness. As he looked at the beautiful woman and She watched him, he forgot both himself and Uma, his most beautiful wife, as well as his associates nearby.
PURPORT
The material bondage of this world is that a beautiful woman can captivate a handsome man and that a handsome man can captivate a beautiful woman. Such are the affairs that began when Lord Siva observed the beautiful girl playing with the ball. In such activities, the influence of Cupid is very prominent. As both parties move their eyebrows and glance at one another, their lusty desires increase more and more. Such reciprocations of lusty desire took place between Lord Siva and the beautiful woman, even though Uma and Lord Sivas associates were by Lord Sivas side. Such is the attraction between man and woman in the material world. Lord Siva was supposed to be above all this attraction, but he was victimized by the captivating power of Lord Visnu. Rsabhadeva thus explains the nature of lusty attraction:
The attraction between male and female is the basic principle of material existence. On the basis of this misconception, which ties together the hearts of the male and female, one becomes attracted to his body, home, property, children, relatives and wealth. In this way one increases lifes illusions and thinks in terms of I and mine. (Bhag. 5.5.8) When a man and woman exchange feelings of lust, both of them are victimized, and thus they are bound to this material world in various ways.
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