Canonical Ref: SL 58
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अरालं ते पालीयुगलमगराजन्यतनये
न केषामाधत्ते कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् ।
तिरश्चीनो यत्र श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य विलसन्
अपाङ्गव्यासङ्गो दिशति शरसंधानधिषणाम् ॥ ५८॥
न केषामाधत्ते कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् ।
तिरश्चीनो यत्र श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य विलसन्
अपाङ्गव्यासङ्गो दिशति शरसंधानधिषणाम् ॥ ५८॥
English Scholarly Translation
O daughter of the mountain-king! Your curved pair of eyelid-edges — for whom does it not create
eagerness about Kāma's flower-arrow and bow? Wherein the oblique glance, gleaming sideways and crossing
the path toward the ear, bestows the intelligence of arrow-nocking [the awareness of being aimed
at].
eagerness about Kāma's flower-arrow and bow? Wherein the oblique glance, gleaming sideways and crossing
the path toward the ear, bestows the intelligence of arrow-nocking [the awareness of being aimed
at].
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Eyelids as Kāma's Bowstring】
Pālī refers to the line of the eyelid's edge, particularly where the
eyelashes grow in a row. The curved shape (arāla) of this line mimics a bow. Apāṅga is
the outer corner of the eye — the point where the eyelid angle creates a sharp or oblique line. This is
the classic erotic feature (kaṭākṣa = apāṅga-dṛṣṭi) in Sanskrit poetry: the sideward glance
from the outer eye-corner is Kāma's arrow already nocked (śara-saṃdhāna). The phrase
śravaṇa-patham ullaṅghya (crossing the path to the ear) recapitulates verse 52's image of the
elongated eye reaching the ear — but here it describes the sidelong glance's motion across the face.
Padaccheda: अरालम् · ते · पाली-युगलम् · अगराजन्य-तनये · न · केषाम् · आधत्ते · कुसुमशर-कोदण्ड-कुतुकम् ·
तिरश्चीनः · यत्र · श्रवण-पथम् · उल्लङ्घ्य · विलसन् · अपाङ्ग-व्यासङ्गः · दिशति · शर-संधान-धिषणाम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 58. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.