NaaraayaNiiyam - 100.4

06mar01

OM Namo Vaasudevaaya

Dashakam 100

Shlokam 4

Uttungollasi-naasam hari-maNi-mukura-prollasad-gaNDapaalii-

vyaalolat-karNa-paasha-ancita-makara-maNii-kuNDala-dvandva-diipram |

unmiilad-danta-pangkti-spurad-aruNatara-cchaya-bimba-adharaantaH-

priiti-prasyandi-smita-madhurataram vaktram-udbhaasataam me ||

[ ASIDE : Do not be discouraged by the long , compound words which

are

formidable sounding . Once you get the hang of it all by patient

word by word analysis , you will feel the joy of poetry mingling

with bhakti. Please continue reading.]

The poet ends the stanza with the prayer: vaktram udbhaasataam me

(may your face always shine before me) !

What are the attractive features of the face which he seeks to capture

for

ever in his mind's eye ?

1. The prominent and attractive nose ( Uttunga- ullasi-

naasam).

2. hari-maNi-mukura-prollasad-gaNDapaalii-

The cheeks (gaNDapaalii) shine (prollasat) like mirrors (mukura)

made of

sapphire (hari-maNi).

3.

vyaalolat-karNa-paasha-ancita-makara-maNii-kuNDala-dvandva-diipram |

A pair of bejewelled ear ornaments (maNii- kuNDala-dvandvam)

shaped like fish (makara) dangling (vyaalolat) from the earlobes

(karNa-paasha-ancita) make the face radiant (diipram).

4.

unmiilad-danta-pangkti-spurad-aruNatara-cchaya-bimba-adharaantaH-

priiti-prasyandi-smita-madhurataram vaktram-udbhaasataam

me ||

The lips (adhara) are deep red (aruNa-tara-cchaaya) like *bimba*

fruits

[akin to cherries ?]. Your mild smile (manda-smita) is like a stream

of Love

(priiti-prasyandi) flowing between your lips. It reveals (unmiilat)

between the parted cherrylike lips (bimbaadhara-antaH) shining

(sphurat)

rows (pangkti) of teeth (danta). This makes your face extremely

charming (madhura-taram).

May this charming face (madhura-taram vaktram) shine for ever

(udbhaasataam)

in my mind (me).

Sarve bhadraaNi pashyantu.

V.M.Sundaram.