अवधार्य शनैरीषद्वैलक्षण्येन योषित: । उपजग्मु: प्रमुदिता: सस्त्रीरत्नं सुविस्मिता: ॥ २९ ॥
avadhārya śanair īṣad vailakṣaṇyena yoṣitaḥ upajagmuḥ pramuditāḥ sa-strī ratnaṁ su-vismitāḥ
- avadhārya
- realizing
- śanaiḥ
- gradually
- īṣat
- slight
- vailakṣaṇyena
- by the difference of appearance
- yoṣitaḥ
- the ladies
- upajagmuḥ
- they came near
- pramuditāḥ
- delighted
- sa
- together with
- strī
- of women
- ratnam
- the jewel
- su-vismitaḥ
- very surprised
Gradually, from the slight differences between His appearance and Kṛṣṇa’s, the ladies realized He was not the Lord. Delighted and astonished, they approached Pradyumna and His consort, who was a jewel among women.