Text 27

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tām anvagacchad bhagavān
bhavaḥ pramuṣitendriyaḥ
kāmasya ca vaśaṁ nītaḥ
kareṇum iva yūthapaḥ

Synonyms

tam—Her; anvagacchat—followed; bhagavan—Lord Śiva; bhavah—known as Bhava; pramuṣita-indriyah—whose senses were agitated; kāmasya—of lusty desires; ca—and; vasam—victimized; nitah—having become; kareṇum—a female elephant; iva—just as; yuthapah—a male elephant. 

Translation

His senses being agitated, Lord Śiva, victimized by lusty desires, began to follow Her, just as a lusty elephant follows a she-elephant. 

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