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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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<< VERSE 17 >>

yatra nitya-vayo-rūpāḥ
śyāmā viraja-vāsasaḥ
bhrājante rūpavan-nāryo
hy arcirbhir iva vahnayaḥ

WORD BY WORD

TRANSLATION

Everlastingly beautiful and youthful women, who were dressed with clean garments, glittered in the city like fires with flames. They all possessed the quality of śyāmā.

PURPORT

	Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives a hint of the quality of the śyāmā woman. śīta-kāle bhaved uṣṇā uṣma-kāle suśītalāḥ stanau sukaṭhinau yāsāṁ tāḥ śyāmāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
	A woman whose body is very warm during the winter and cool during the summer and who generally has very firm breasts is called śyāmā.

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