श्रीशुक उवाच अथ व्रजन् राजपथेन माधव: स्त्रियं गृहीताङ्गविलेपभाजनाम् । विलोक्य कुब्जां युवतीं वराननां पप्रच्छ यान्तीं प्रहसन् रसप्रद: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca atha vrajan rāja-pathena mādhavaḥ striyaṁ gṛhītāṅga-vilepa-bhājanām vilokya kubjāṁ yuvatīṁ varānanāṁ papraccha yāntīṁ prahasan rasa-pradaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- atha
- then
- vrajan
- walking
- rāja-pathena
- along the King’s road
- mādhavaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- striyam
- a woman
- gṛhīta
- holding
- aṅga
- for the body
- vilepa
- with ointments
- bhājanām
- a tray
- vilokya
- seeing
- kubjām
- hunchbacked
- yuvatīm
- young
- vara-ānanām
- with an attractive face
- papraccha
- He inquired
- yāntīm
- going
- prahasan
- smiling
- rasa
- of the pleasure of love
- pradaḥ
- the bestower
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: As He walked down the King’s road, Lord Mādhava then saw a young hunchback woman with an attractive face, who carried a tray of fragrant ointments as she walked along. The bestower of the ecstasy of love smiled and inquired from her as follows.