ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 40
तिग्मांशुरिव दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः शशिवत् शुभदर्शनः । रूपे मूर्त्तिधरः कामो योषितां हृदयङ्गमः ॥ ४० ॥
tigmāṁśuriva duṣprēkṣyaḥ śaśivat śubhadarśanaḥ | rūpē mūrttidharaḥ kāmō yōṣitāṁ hṛdayaṅgamaḥ || 40 ||
Translation
hard to look at like the sun, fair to behold like the moon; in beauty Kāma in bodily form, dear to the hearts of women.
Word by word
- tigmāṁśur
- (tigmāṁśuḥ) the sun
- iva
- like
- duṣprēkṣyaḥ
- hard to look at
- śaśi
- the moon
- vat
- like
- śubha
- fair
- darśanaḥ
- to behold
- rūpē
- in beauty
- mūrtti
- bodily form
- dharaḥ
- bearing
- kāmō
- (kāmaḥ) Kāma
- yōṣitāṁ
- of women
- hṛdayaṅgamaḥ
- dear to the hearts
Meaning
More images: like the sun (tigmāṁśu, "the one with sharp rays") he is hard to look at, the commentary says: one sees him only with difficulty, so great is his radiance; like the moon, he is a pleasure to see. In beauty he is Kāma, the god of love, embodied, and he wins the hearts of women. The praise is extravagant, as such passages are; it describes the radiance that tradition says shines from one who has realised the deity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tigmāṁśur iva: like the sun (tigmāṁśu, "the one of sharp rays"); duṣprekṣyaḥ: hard to look at, seen only with difficulty. (This explanation covers verses 40 to 43.)