Shloka 59
Amṛta-Manthana and Lalitā’s Mohinī Intervention
Amṛtamanthana-Prasaṅga
Devanagari script
अनङ्गवीरतूणीरदर्पोन्मदनजङ्घिका / करिशुण्डाकदलिकाकान्तितुल्योरुशोभिनी
Transliteration
anaṅgavīratūṇīradarponmadanajaṅghikā / kariśuṇḍākadalikākāntitulyoruśobhinī
Translation
Her calves rouse proud delight, like the quiver of Ananga’s hero; and her thighs shine in beauty, equal in luster to an elephant’s trunk and the stem of the plantain.
Word by Word
anaṅga-vīra-tūṇīra-darpa-unmada-na-jaṅghikāhaving shapely (not small) legs, as if intoxicated by the pride of Ananga’s hero-quiver
anaṅga-vīra-tūṇīra-darpa-unmada-na-jaṅghikā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanaṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + tūṇīra (प्रातिपदिक) + darpa (प्रातिपदिक) + unmada (प्रातिपदिक) + na (अव्यय) + jaṅghikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः: ‘अनङ्गवीरस्य (कामदेवस्य) तूणीर-दर्पेण उन्मदा’ इव ‘न-जङ्घिका’ (not having small/shrunken shanks; i.e., having full shapely legs)
kari-śuṇḍā-kadalikā-kānti-tulya-ūru-śobhinīsplendid with thighs equal in lustre to an elephant’s trunk and banana-stem
kari-śuṇḍā-kadalikā-kānti-tulya-ūru-śobhinī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkari (प्रातिपदिक) + śuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक) + kadalikā (प्रातिपदिक) + kānti (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक) + ūru (प्रातिपदिक) + śobhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः उपमान-तत्पुरुषः: ‘करिशुण्डा-कदलिकायाः कान्त्या तुल्यौ ऊरू यस्याः सा’