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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
अरालं ते पालीयुगलमगराजन्यतनये न केषामाधत्ते कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् । तिरश्चीनो यत्र श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य विलस- न्नपाङ्गव्यासङ्गो दिशति शरसंधानधिषणाम् ॥५८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- पालीयुगलम्
- pair of eyelids
- कुसुमशरकोदण्डम्
- flower bow of Cupid
- तिरश्चीनः
- oblique or sideways
- अपाङ्गव्यासङ्गः
- the sideways extension of corner glance
O daughter of the mountain king, whose curved eyelids do not arouse Cupid's flower-bow curiosity? Where the sideways extension of your corner glance, crossing over the path of ears, teaches the intelligence of arrow-joining, showing how divine beauty naturally instructs even love's weapons in their proper aim.
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