Canonical Ref: SL 73
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अमूते वक्षोजावमृतरसमाणिक्यकुतुपौ
न संदेहस्पन्दो नगपतिपताके मनसि नः ।
पिबन्तौ तौ यस्मादविदितवधूसङ्गरसिकौ
कुमारावद्यापि द्विरदवदनक्रौञ्चदलनौ ॥ ७३॥
न संदेहस्पन्दो नगपतिपताके मनसि नः ।
पिबन्तौ तौ यस्मादविदितवधूसङ्गरसिकौ
कुमारावद्यापि द्विरदवदनक्रौञ्चदलनौ ॥ ७३॥
English Scholarly Translation
O banner of the mountain king! There is not the slightest tremor of doubt in
our minds [that] these two breasts of yours are ruby flasks of nectar-juice. Because those two — the
elephant-face-cleaver and the Krauñca-mountain-piercer (Gaṇeśa and Skanda) — are still youthful to this
day, never having known the pleasure of a wife's company, because they are still drinking from
them.
our minds [that] these two breasts of yours are ruby flasks of nectar-juice. Because those two — the
elephant-face-cleaver and the Krauñca-mountain-piercer (Gaṇeśa and Skanda) — are still youthful to this
day, never having known the pleasure of a wife's company, because they are still drinking from
them.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Breasts as Ruby Vessels of Nectar】
Kutupa is a flask or vessel for holding precious liquids. The
breasts as amṛta-rasa-māṇikya-kutupa (ruby flasks of nectar-juice) compress three metaphors:
(1) the breast's shape like a rounded flask; (2) its ruby-red colour; (3) the milk it contains which is
equated with nectar (amṛta). The proof offered for this identification is clever logic: Gaṇeśa
and Skanda, despite being the most powerful of gods — elephant-head-makers and mountain-piercers —
remain youthful (kumāra = perpetually young) and innocent of marriage because they have never
stopped drinking from the Goddess's breasts. If the milk were ordinary, they would have outgrown it long
ago. Only nectar could maintain eternal youth. Therefore the breasts are nectar-flasks.
Padaccheda: अमू · ते · वक्षोजौ · अमृत-रस-माणिक्य-कुतुपौ · न · संदेह-स्पन्दः · नगपति-पताके · मनसि · नः
· पिबन्तौ · तौ · यस्मात् · अविदित-वधू-सङ्ग-रसिकौ · कुमारौ · अद्यापि · द्विरद-वदन-क्रौञ्च-दलनौ
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 73. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.