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LALITĀ-SAHASRANĀMA
 
17. In the radiance of her face dwells the god
of love; and like archways unto his
dwelling shine her eye-brows.
 
18. And like fish in a stream do her eyes
move in the light streaming from her
face.
 
19-20. Like a fresh-blown champak is her
shapely nose and the jewels thereon
outshine the stars in their splendour.
 
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-21-22. Radiant in her charm is-she with a bunch
of kadamba flowers over here ars, and
the ornaments she wears in her ears
are, verily, the sun and the moon.
 
23-24. Fairer far than a ruby mirror are her
 
cheeks, and her lips do outshine both
fresh coral and bimba fruit.
 
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Like sprouts of pure knowledge shine her
 
two rows of teeth.
 
Pervasive all around is the fragrance of
the camphor-scented betel in her
mouth, and sweeter far is the melody
of her speech than the viņa of Saras-
vati.
 
And in the splendour of her smile lies
submerged the mind of Mahadev.
Radiant is the beauty of her chin, in-
comparable is its splendour.
30-32. Her neck doth shine with the mangala-
sitra fastened there by her Lord; her