SB 1.16.35

का वा सहेत विरहं पुरुषोत्तमस्य ।
प्रेमावलोकरुचिरस्मितवल्गुजल्पैः ।
स्थैर्यं समानमहरन्मधुमानिनीनां ।
रोमोत्सवो मम यदङ्घ्रिविटङ्कितायाः ॥ ३५ ॥
kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya
premāvaloka-rucira-smita-valgu-jalpaiḥ
sthairyaṁ samānam aharan madhu-māninīnāṁ
romotsavo mama yad-aṅghri-viṭaṅkitāyāḥ

Synonyms

kā vā [strī175] — what woman; saheta — could possibly tolerate; viraham — separation; puruṣa-uttamasya — of [i.e., from] that Supreme Person [Śrī Kṛṣṇa,176 who]; prema-avaloka — [by His] loving glances [prema-pūrvakāvalokanena]; rucira-smita — enchanting smiles [sundareṇa smitena]; valgu-jalpaiḥ — [and] charming speech [madhura-saṁbhāṣaṇaiḥ177]; aharat — stole away [samyak hṛtavān178]; sthairyam — the obstinacy [(stabdhatvam);179 or the unwavering resistance (acāñcalyam)180]; madhu-māninīnām — of His haughty sweethearts from the Madhu dynasty [such as Satyabhāmā and others (madhu-kula-strīṇāṁ satyabhāmādīnām)181]; sa-mānam — along with their pride [garva-sahitam]; viṭaṅkitāyāḥ — [and] adorned [alaṅkṛtāyāḥ]; aṅghri — [with] the feet; yat — of whom; [or adorned with the dust made to arise by the footsteps of whom (yasyāṅghriṇā rajasy utthitena viṭaṅkitāyāḥ alaṅkṛtāyāḥ)]; mama roma-utsavaḥ — the hairs of my body stood on end in ecstasy [via the sprouting of new shoots of grass and vegetation (śaspādi miṣeṇa)].

Translation

What woman could possibly tolerate separation from that Supreme Person [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], who, by His loving glances, enchanting smiles, and charming speech, stole away the obstinacy of His haughty sweethearts from the Madhu dynasty—along with their pride—and adorned with the feet of whom, the hairs of my body stood on end in ecstasy?

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