तां वीक्ष्य देव इति कन्दुकलीलयेषद्-व्रीडास्फुटस्मितविसृष्टकटाक्षमुष्ट: । स्त्रीप्रेक्षणप्रतिसमीक्षणविह्वलात्मानात्मानमन्तिक उमां स्वगणांश्च वेद ॥ २२ ॥
tam viksya deva iti kanduka-lilayesad- vridasphuta-smita-visrsta-kataksa-mustah stri-preksana-pratisamiksana-vihvalatma natmanam antika umam sva-ganams ca veda
- tam
- Her
- viksya
- after observing
- devah
- Lord Sambhu
- iti
- in this way
- kanduka-lilaya
- by playing with the ball
- isat
- slight
- vrida
- by bashfulness
- asphuta
- not very distinct
- smita
- with smiling
- visrsta
- sent
- kataksa-mustah
- defeated by the glances
- stri-preksana
- by glancing at that beautiful woman
- pratisamiksana
- and by constantly being watched by Her
- vihvala-atma
- whose mind was agitated
- na
- not
- atmanam
- himself
- antike
- (situated) nearby
- umam
- his wife, mother Uma
- sva-ganan ca
- and his associates
- veda
- Lord Siva could understand
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.