SB 11.9.7

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 9: Detachment from All that Is Material

SB 11.9.6 - SB 11.9.8

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 7

sā taj jugupsitaṁ matvā

mahatī vṛīḍitā tataḥ

babhañjaikaikaśaḥ śaṅkhān

dvau dvau pāṇyor aśeṣayat

SYNONYMS

sā—she; tat—that noise; jugupsitam—shameful; matvā—thinking; mahatī—very intelligent; vrīḍitā—shy; tataḥ—from her arms; babhañja—she broke; eka-ekaśaḥ—one by one; śaṅkhān—the shell bracelets; dvau dvau—two each; pāṇyoḥ—on her two hands; aśeṣayat—she kept on.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

---

TRANSLATION

The young girl feared that the men would consider her family to be poor because their daughter was busily engaged in the menial task of husking rice. Being very intelligent, the shy girl broke the shell bracelets from her arms, leaving just two on each wrist.

SB 11.9.6 - SB 11.9.8