यस्यैव हि नागराजकुमार्य आशिष आशासानाश्चार्वङ्गवलयविलसित
विशद विपुलधवलसुभगरुचिरभुजरजतस्तम्भेष्वगुरुचन्दनकुङ्कुमपङ्कानुलेपे
नावलिम्पमानास्तद्अभिमर्शनोन्मथितहृदयमकरध्वजावेशरुचिरललितस्मितास्तद
नुरागमदमुदितमद विघूर्णितारुणकरुणावलोकनयनवदनारविन्दं सव्रीडं किल
विलोकयन्ति ॥५॥

yasyaiva hi nÄga-rÄja-kumÄrya ÄÅ›iá¹£a ÄÅ›ÄsÄnÄÅ› cÄrv-aá¹…ga-valaya-vilasita-viÅ›ada-vipula-dhavala-subhaga-rucira-bhuja-rajata-stambheá¹£v aguru-candana-kuá¹…kuma-paá¹…kÄnulepenÄvalimpamÄnÄs tad-abhimarÅ›anonmathita-há¹›daya-makara-dhvajÄveÅ›a-rucira-lalita-smitÄs tad-anurÄgamada-mudita-mada-vighÅ«rṇitÄruṇa-karuṇÄvaloka-nayana-vadanÄravindaá¹ savrÄ«á¸aá¹ kila vilokayanti

 yasya - of whom; eva - certainly; hi - indeed; nÄga-rÄja-kumÄryaḥ - the unmarried princesses of the serpent kings; ÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ - blessings; ÄÅ›ÄsÄnÄḥ - hoping for; cÄru - beautiful; aá¹…ga-valaya - on the sphere of His body; vilasita - gleaming; viÅ›ada - spotless; vipula - long; dhavala - white; subhaga - indicating good fortune; rucira - beautiful; bhuja - on His arms; rajata-stambheá¹£u - like columns of silver; aguru - of aloe; candana - of sandalwood; kuá¹…kuma - of saffron; paá¹…ka - from the pulp; anulepena - with an ointment; avalimpamÄnÄḥ - smearing; tat-abhimarÅ›ana - by contact with His limbs; unmathita - agitated; há¹›daya - in their hearts; makara-dhvaja - of Cupid; ÄveÅ›a - due to the entrance; rucira - very beautiful; lalita - delicate; smitÄḥ - whose smiling; tat - of Him; anurÄga - of attachment; mada - by the intoxication; mudita - delighted; mada - due to intoxication with kindness; vighÅ«rṇita - rolling; aruṇa - pink; karuṇa-avaloka - glancing with kindness; nayana - eyes; vadana - and face; aravindam - like lotus flowers; sa-vrÄ«á¸am - with bashfulness; kila - indeed; vilokayanti - they see.


Text

Lord Ananta’s arms are attractively long, beautifully decorated with bangles and completely spiritual. They are white, and so they appear like silver columns. When the beautiful princesses of the serpent kings, hoping for the Lord’s auspicious blessing, smear His arms with aguru pulp, sandalwood pulp and kuṅkuma, the touch of His limbs awakens lusty desires within them. Understanding their minds, the Lord looks at the princesses with a merciful smile, and they become bashful, realizing that He knows their desires. Then they smile beautifully and look upon the Lord’s lotus face, which is beautified by reddish eyes rolling slightly from intoxication and delighted by love for His devotees.

Purport

When males and females touch each other’s bodies, their lusty desires naturally awaken. It appears from this verse that there are similar sensations in spiritual bodies. Both Lord Ananta and the women giving Him pleasure had spiritual bodies. Thus all sensations originally exist in the spiritual body. This is confirmed in the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra: janmÄdy asya yataḥ. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura has commented in this connection that the word Ädi means Ädi-rasa, the original lusty feeling, which is born from the Supreme. However, spiritual lust and material lust are as completely different as gold and iron. Only one who is very highly elevated in spiritual realization can understand the lusty feelings exchanged between RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa, or between Kṛṣṇa and the damsels of Vraja. Therefore, unless one is very experienced and advanced in spiritual realization, he is forbidden to discuss the lusty feelings of Kṛṣṇa and the gopÄ«s. However, if one is a sincere and pure devotee, the material lust in his heart is completely vanquished as he discusses the lusty feelings between the gopÄ«s and Kṛṣṇa, and he makes quick progress in spiritual life.