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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
प्रकृत्या रक्तायास्तव सुदति दन्तच्छदरुचेः प्रवक्ष्ये सादृश्यं जनयतु फलं विद्रुमलता । न बिम्बं तद्बिम्बप्रतिफलनरागादरुणितं तुलामध्यारोढुं कथमिव विलज्जेत कलया ॥६२॥
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Word breakdown
- प्रकृत्या रक्तायाः
- naturally red
- दन्तच्छदरुचेः
- brilliance of lip-cover
- विद्रुमलता
- coral creeper
- बिम्बप्रतिफलन
- reflection of the bimba fruit
I shall speak of similarity to your naturally red lip's brilliance, O fair-toothed one - may the coral creeper bear fruit. But not the bimba fruit, which has become red from reflecting your lips - how could it presume to enter comparison with any portion of your beauty, having gained its color merely by mimicking your natural radiance.
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