त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचम्The armour Victory over the Three Worlds
Verse 60
दन्तान् रक्षतु कौमारी कपोलौ कमलालया । ओष्ठाधरौ क्षमा रक्षेत् चिबुकं चारुहासिनी ॥ ६० ॥
dantān rakṣatu kaumārī kapōlau kamalālayā | ōṣṭhādharau kṣamā rakṣēt cibukaṁ cāruhāsinī || 60 ||
Translation
May Kaumārī guard my teeth, Kamalālayā my cheeks; may Kṣamā guard my upper and lower lips, Cāruhāsinī my chin.
Word by word
- dantān
- teeth
- rakṣatu
- may guard
- kaumārī
- Kaumārī
- kapōlau
- cheeks
- kamala
- in the lotus
- ālayā
- she who dwells
- ōṣṭha
- upper lips
- adharau
- and lower
- kṣamā
- Kṣamā
- rakṣēt
- may guard
- cibukaṁ
- chin
- cāru
- lovely
- hāsinī
- of the smile
Meaning
Teeth to Kaumārī, the youthful one; cheeks to Kamalālayā, "she who dwells in the lotus"; the lips to Kṣamā, "patience" or "forgiveness"; the chin, which the commentary defines as the part below the lips, to Cāruhāsinī, "she of the lovely smile". Patience guarding the lips is apt: it is the lips that utter hasty words.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Cibukam: the part below the lower lip, the chin. (This explanation covers verses 60 to 62.)