इत्थं रमापतिमवाप्य पतिं स्त्रियस्ता ब्रह्मादयोऽपि न विदु: पदवीं यदीयाम् । भेजुर्मुदाविरतमेधितयानुराग- हासावलोकनवसङ्गमजल्पलज्जा: ॥ ४४ ॥
itthaṁ ramā-patim avāpya patiṁ striyas tā brahmādayo ’pi na viduḥ padavīṁ yadīyām bhejur mudāviratam edhitayānurāga hāsāvaloka-nava-saṅgama-jalpa-lajjāḥ
- ittham
- in this manner
- ramā-patim
- the Lord of the goddess of fortune
- avāpya
- obtaining
- patim
- as their husband
- striyaḥ
- the women
- tāḥ
- they
- brahmā-ādayaḥ
- Lord Brahmā and other demigods
- api
- even
- na viduḥ
- do not know
- padavīm
- the means of attaining
- yadīyām
- whom
- bhejuḥ
- partook of
- mudā
- with pleasure
- aviratam
- incessantly
- edhitayā
- increasing
- anurāga
- loving attraction
- hāsa
- smiling
- avaloka
- glances
- nava
- ever fresh
- saṅgama
- association
- jalpa
- playful conversations
- lajjāḥ
- and shyness
Thus those women obtained as their husband the husband of the goddess of fortune, although even great demigods like Brahmā do not know how to approach Him. With ever-increasing pleasure they experienced loving attraction for Him, exchanged smiling glances with Him and reciprocated with Him in ever-fresh intimacy, replete with joking and feminine shyness.