जगाम हृच्छयवशं सहसैव विमोहितः ॥६१॥
dṛṣá¹vÄ tÄá¹ kÄma-liptena
bÄhunÄ parirambhitÄm
jagÄma há¹›c-chaya-vaÅ›aá¹
sahasaiva vimohitaḥ
2 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(2)
dṛṣá¹vÄ - by seeing; tÄm - her (the prostitute); kÄma-liptena - decorated with turmeric to incite lusty desires; bÄhunÄ - with the arm; parirambhitÄm - embraced; jagÄma - went; há¹›t-Å›aya - of lusty desires within the heart; vaÅ›am - under the control; sahasÄ - suddenly; eva - indeed; vimohitaḥ - being illusioned.
The śūdra, his arm decorated with turmeric powder, was embracing the prostitute. When AjÄmila saw her, the dormant lusty desires in his heart awakened, and in illusion he fell under their control.
It is said that if one’s body is smeared with turmeric, it attracts the lusty desires of the opposite sex. The word kÄma-liptena indicates that the śūdra was decorated with turmeric smeared on his body.
