Canonical Ref: SL 81
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
गुरुत्वं विस्तारं क्षितिधरपतिः पार्वति निजान्
नितम्बादाच्छिद्य त्वयि हरणरूपेण निदधे ।
अतस्ते विस्तीर्णो गुरुरयमशेषां वसुमतीं
नितम्बप्राग्भारः स्थगयति लघुत्वं नयति च ॥ ८१॥
नितम्बादाच्छिद्य त्वयि हरणरूपेण निदधे ।
अतस्ते विस्तीर्णो गुरुरयमशेषां वसुमतीं
नितम्बप्राग्भारः स्थगयति लघुत्वं नयति च ॥ ८१॥
English Scholarly Translation
O Pārvatī! The lord of mountains (Himālaya), having cut off his heaviness and
expansiveness from his own slopes, deposited them in you in the form of a gift. Therefore this wide and
heavy forward-prominence of your hips overshadows the entire earth and renders it lightweight.
expansiveness from his own slopes, deposited them in you in the form of a gift. Therefore this wide and
heavy forward-prominence of your hips overshadows the entire earth and renders it lightweight.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Hips — Bearing Himālaya's Transferred Weight】
Haraṇa-rūpa (in the form of a taking/gift) is a legal term used
in inheritance and gift law — Himālaya has "transferred" his mountains' gravitational weight and
expansiveness to the Goddess's hips as a kind of dowry or patrimonial gift. The verse plays on
gurutva (heaviness / importance / greatness — the same word) and vistāra
(expansiveness / width): Himālaya's mountains have both these qualities, which the Goddess has received
for her hips. The payoff is comic and philosophical: her hips are now heavier than the mountains that
once held all that weight, and they "overshadow the entire earth." The earth is rendered laghu
(light) by comparison — a cosmic inversion.
Padaccheda: गुरुत्वम् · विस्तारम् · क्षितिधर-पतिः · पार्वति · निजात् · नितम्बात् · आच्छिद्य · त्वयि ·
हरण-रूपेण · निदधे · अतः · ते · विस्तीर्णः · गुरुः · अयम् · अशेषाम् · वसुमतीम् · नितम्ब-प्राग्भारः ·
स्थगयति · लघुत्वम् · नयति · च
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 81. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.