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LALITĀ-SAHASRANAMA
 
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beautiful arms are decked with golden
 
bracelets, and from her gem-set neck-
lace hangs a big pearl.
 
33-35. Her breasts are the price she pays for that
priceless gem-the love of her Lord.
They seem like the fruits which that
fine creeper beats-the creeper of hair
which springs from her navel; and
from that creeper so well-sustained we
infer she has a waist.
 
35. Her waist, bending under the burden of
 
her breasts, is supported by a belt for-
med by the three folds of her stomach.
 
37-38. A garment of deep red, of the colour of
saffron, covers the region of her hips;
and she is adorned with a beautiful
girdle of little bells set with precious
 
stones.
 
39. The beauty and the smoothness of her
thighs they are known only to her
Lord, the Conqueror of Love.
 
40-41. Her knees are like jewelled crowns, and her
calves like the quivers of the god of love
wrought, as it were, of Indragopas.
42-43. Her ankles are well filled, and the arch of
her foot rivals the back of a tortoise.
 
44. The splendour of the nails on her toes
dispels the darkness in the minds of
those who bow down at her feet.