यदीयं कर्णनेत्रांता तन्वंगी मधुरस्वरा । न जीवति पृथुश्रोणी मरिष्येऽ हमसंशयम्
yadīyaṃ karṇanetrāṃtā tanvaṃgī madhurasvarā | na jīvati pṛthuśroṇī mariṣye' hamasaṃśayam
Nếu người phụ nữ thân hình thon thả, giọng nói ngọt ngào—khuyên tai chạm đến đuôi mắt, hông nở rộng—không sống lại, thì ta chắc chắn sẽ chết.
Sūta (bereaved narrator continuing lament)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Close, intimate focus: the mourner gazes at the beloved’s face, recalling her ornaments and sweet voice; earrings long, slender body, broad hips—beauty remembered against the stillness of death.
It dramatizes the force of attachment and grief, setting the stage for dharmic remedies (rites, sacred acts) emphasized in tīrtha-māhātmya literature.
Not mentioned in this verse.
None; it continues the lament.