Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.29-30

[makarand]

TEXT 29

śrī-śuka uvāca

ekadā giriśaṁ draṣṭum

ṛṣayas tatra suvratāḥ

diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ

kurvantaḥ samupāgaman

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā—once upon a time; giriśam—Lord Śiva; draṣṭum—to see; ṛṣayaḥ—very saintly persons; tatra—in that forest; su-vratāḥ—highly elevated in spiritual power; diśaḥ—all directions; vitimira-ābhāsāḥ—having been cleared of all darkness whatsoever; kurvantaḥ—doing so; samupāgaman—arrived.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: Great saintly persons who strictly observed the spiritual rules and regulations and whose own effulgence dissipated all the darkness of all directions once came to see Lord Śiva in that forest.

TEXT 30

tān vilokyāmbikā devī

vivāsā vrīḍitā bhṛśam

bhartur aṅkāt samutthāya

nīvīm āśv atha paryadhāt

SYNONYMS

tān—all the saintly persons; vilokya—seeing them; ambikā—mother Durgā; devī—the goddess; vivāsā—because she was naked; vrīḍitā—ashamed; bhṛśam—highly; bhartuḥ—of her husband; aṅkāt—from the lap; samutthāya—getting up; nīvīm—breast; āśu atha—very quickly; paryadhāt—covered with cloth.

TRANSLATION

When the goddess Ambikā saw the great saintly persons, she was very much ashamed because at that time she was naked. She immediately got up from the lap of her husband and tried to cover her breast.