विकीर्णाकारकबरी तरत्तारकलोचना । पूर्णेन्दुबिम्बवदना कुसुमोत्करहासिनी ॥ १३ ॥
vikīrṇākārakabarī tarattārakalōcanā | pūrṇēndubimbavadanā kusumōtkarahāsinī || 13 ||
Translation
Her braid of hair spread like darkness, her eyes like trembling stars, her face the orb of the full moon, her smile the clusters of flowers:
Word by word
- vikīrṇa
- spread
- ākāra
- like darkness
- kabarī
- her braid of hair
- tarat
- trembling
- tāraka
- like stars
- lōcanā
- her eyes
- pūrṇa
- full
- indu
- of the moon
- bimba
- the orb
- vadanā
- her face
- kusuma
- of flowers
- utkara
- the clusters
- hāsinī
- her smile
Meaning
Verses 13 and 14 are one sentence describing a woman as a long night. Her loosened hair is the darkness; her eyes the twinkling stars; her face the full moon; her smile the opened flowers of evening. The commentary works the whole simile through. The description is lovely, as the poets made it. Its point comes in the next verse.