ŚB 10.90.27
Canto 10, Chapter 90, Text 27
या: सम्पर्यचरन्प्रेम्णा पादसंवाहनादिभि: ।
जगद्गुरुं भर्तृबुद्ध्या तासां किं वर्ण्यते तप: ॥ २७ ॥
जगद्गुरुं भर्तृबुद्ध्या तासां किं वर्ण्यते तप: ॥ २७ ॥
yāḥ samparyacaran premṇā
pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ
jagad-guruṁ bhartṛ-buddhyā
tāsāṁ kim varṇyate tapaḥ
pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ
jagad-guruṁ bhartṛ-buddhyā
tāsāṁ kim varṇyate tapaḥ
Word by word
yāḥ — who; samparyacaran — perfectly served; premṇā — with pure love; pāda — His feet; saṁvāhana — by massaging; ādibhiḥ — and so forth; jagat — of the universe; gurum — the spiritual master; bhartṛ — as their husband; buddhyā — with the attitude; tāsām — of them; kim — how; varṇyate — can be described; tapaḥ — the austere penances.
Translation
And how could one possibly describe the great austerities that had been performed by the women who perfectly served Him, the spiritual master of the universe, in pure ecstatic love? Thinking of Him as their husband, they rendered such intimate services as massaging His feet.