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Their throats were beautiful, their voices sweet and melodious like the cuckoo's song. Their lips were copper-colored, their faces adorned with a faint smile. 85. Their teeth were beautiful, their glances captivating, their eyelashes thick, and their eyes like lotus flowers, the victorious arrows of Madana. 86. Their cheeks were adorned with the reflection of their hair, which seemed to shame the moon, whose luster was marred by blemishes. 87. They wore garlands of flowers, their hair tied in a knot, which seemed like the flowing current of the Yamuna, where the Ganges had merged. 88. Their forms were radiant with beauty, each limb glowing with a brilliance that seemed to have been created by gathering all the beauty in the world. 89. Are these divine maidens? Or daughters of the Nagas? Or daughters of the directions? Or goddesses of good fortune? Or Lakshmi and Saraswati? Or their presiding deities? Or their avatars? Or are they Lakshmi, born from the great ocean, the form of Jagannatha (Vrishabhadeva)? For their form is auspicious, bringing about many blessings. 90-93. The people, filled with wonder, praised them, and they, with humility, approached Jagannatha and bowed to him. 93. He lifted them up, their heads bowed in reverence, and seated them on his lap with love. He touched their heads and smelled their hair, and smiling, said, "Come, you must think that we will go to the immortal forest with the gods today, but that is not possible, for the gods have already gone." 94-95. Thus, Vrishabhadeva, the lord, played with them for a moment, and then said, "You are like old women in your youth, because of your virtue and humility." 96.
1. Copper-colored. 2. Slightly. 3. Beautiful-toothed. 4. Your. 5. The presiding deities of Lakshmi and Saraswati. 6. The avatars of the presiding deities. 7. Coming. 2nd person singular, imperative mood. 8. You will go. 2nd person plural, future tense. 9. You.