Canonical Ref: SL 44
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
तनोतु क्षेमं नस्तव वदनसौन्दर्यलहरी-
परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिरिव सीमन्तसरणिः ।
वहन्ती सिन्दूरं प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर-
द्विषां वृन्दैर्बन्दीकृतमिव नवीनार्ककिरणम् ॥ ४४॥
परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिरिव सीमन्तसरणिः ।
वहन्ती सिन्दूरं प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर-
द्विषां वृन्दैर्बन्दीकृतमिव नवीनार्ककिरणम् ॥ ४४॥
English Scholarly Translation
May your parting-line — like a channel bearing the overflow-stream of the wave of your facial beauty —
extend well-being to us; it bears vermilion that is like the rays of the young sun, made captive by the
massed darkness of your heavy, braided hair.
extend well-being to us; it bears vermilion that is like the rays of the young sun, made captive by the
massed darkness of your heavy, braided hair.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Vermilion Parting of the Hair】
This verse demonstrates the Saundaryalaharī's mastery of the
dīrgha-samāsa (extended compound). The central image rests on two interlinked long compounds:
vadana-saundarya-laharī-parīvāha-srotaḥ-saraṇiḥ (a six-member ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa) and
prabala-kabarī-bhāra-timira-dviṣām (a four-member compound). The metre is śikharinī
(six lines of 17 syllables each, scanning — — ∪ — — ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ — — ∪ — — | ∪ —), and the long compounds
fill the slow, majestic rhythm perfectly.
Padaccheda: तनोतु · क्षेमम् · नः · तव · वदन-सौन्दर्य-लहरी-परीवाह-स्रोतः-सरणिः इव · सीमन्त-सरणिः ·
वहन्ती · सिन्दूरम् · प्रबल-कबरी-भार-तिमिर-द्विषाम् · वृन्दैः · बन्दीकृतम् इव · नवीन-अर्क-किरणम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 44. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.