श्वेतानना नीलभुजा सुश्वेतस्तनमण्डला। रक्तमध्या रक्तपादा नीलजङ्घोरुरुन्मदा ॥ ८ ॥
śvētānanā nīlabhujā suśvētastanamaṇḍalā | raktamadhyā raktapādā nīlajaṅghōrurunmadā || 8 ||
Translation
Her face is white, her arms blue, her breasts very white; her waist and feet are red, her shanks and thighs blue; she is joyfully intoxicated.
Word by word
- śvētānanā
- white-faced
- nīlabhujā
- blue-armed
- suśvētastanamaṇḍalā
- with very white breasts
- raktamadhyā
- red at the waist
- raktapādā
- red-footed
- nīlajaṅghōruḥ
- with blue shanks and thighs
- unmadā
- joyfully intoxicated
Meaning
The colours of her body follow the radiance of the gods from which she was formed: Śiva’s for her face, Viṣṇu’s for her arms, the moon’s for her breasts, and so on.