तामासाद्य वरारोहां सुद्विजां रुचिराननाम् । पप्रच्छ प्रेषित: सख्या फाल्गुन: प्रमदोत्तमाम् ॥ १८ ॥
tām āsādya varārohāṁ su-dvijāṁ rucirānanām papraccha preṣitaḥ sakhyā phālgunaḥ pramadottamām
- tām
- her
- āsādya
- approaching
- varā
- excellent
- ārohām
- whose hips
- su
- fine
- dvijām
- whose teeth
- rucira
- attractive
- ānanām
- whose face
- papraccha
- inquired
- preṣitaḥ
- sent
- sakhyā
- by his friend, Śrī Kṛṣṇa
- phālgunaḥ
- Arjuna
- pramadā
- the woman
- uttamām
- extraordinary
Sent by his friend, Arjuna approached the exceptional young woman, who possessed beautiful hips, fine teeth and a lovely face, and inquired from her as follows.