तस्या: कराग्रात् स तु कन्दुको यदागतो विदूरं तमनुव्रजत्स्त्रिया: । वास: ससूत्रं लघु मारुतोऽहरद्भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यत: ॥ २३ ॥
tasyah karagrat sa tu kanduko yada gato viduram tam anuvrajat-striyah vasah sasutram laghu maruto ’harad bhavasya devasya kilanupasyatah
- tasyah
- of the beautiful woman
- kara-agrat
- from the hand
- sah
- that
- tu
- but
- kandukah
- the ball
- yada
- when
- gatah
- had gone
- viduram
- far off
- tam
- that ball
- anuvrajat
- began to follow
- striyah
- of that woman
- vasah
- the covering dress
- sa-sutram
- with the belt
- laghu
- because of being very fine
- marutah
- the breeze
- aharat
- blew away
- bhavasya
- while Lord Siva
- devasya
- the chief demigod
- kila
- indeed
- anupasyatah
- was always looking
When the ball leaped from Her hand and fell at a distance, the woman began to follow it, but as Lord Siva observed these activities, a breeze suddenly blew away the fine dress and belt that covered her.