5 verses · 147 of 361
Tulsidas describes the form Manu and Shatarupa beheld. A face like the autumn moon, a neck lined like a conch. Red lips, fine teeth and nose, and a smile that outshines the moon's rays. Eyes like fresh lotuses, a gentle glance that delights the heart, brows like Kama's bow, a radiant tilak on the forehead. Makara earrings, a crown on the head, curling locks like a swarm of bees. On the chest the Shrivatsa mark, a forest garland. Shoulders like a lion's, the sacred thread, arms adorned, a quiver at the waist, bow and arrow in hand. The yellow cloth outshines lightning, three fine lines mark the belly, and the navel seems to have taken the charm of a whirlpool in the Yamuna.
सरद-मयङ्क-बदन छबि सीवाँ । चारु-कपोल चिबुक दर ग्रीवाँ ॥
अधर-अरुन रद सुन्दर नासा । बिधु कर निकर बिनिन्दक हासा ॥
sarada-mayaṅka-badana chabi sīvām̐ | cāru-kapola cibuka dara grīvām̐ ||
adhara-aruna rada sundara nāsā | bidhu kara nikara binindaka hāsā ||
नव अम्बुज अम्बक-छबि नीकी । चितवनि ललित भावँती जी की ॥
भृकुटि मनोज-चाप छबि-हारी । तिलक ललाट-पटल दुतिकारी ॥
nava ambuja ambaka-chabi nīkī | citavani lalita bhāvam̐tī jī kī ||
bhṛkuṭi manoja-cāpa chabi-hārī | tilaka lalāṭa-paṭala dutikārī ||
कुंडल मकर मुकुट सिर भ्राजा । कुटिल केस जनु मधुप-समाजा ॥
उर श्रीबत्स रुचिर बनमाला । पदिक-हार भूषन मनि-जाला ॥
kuṃḍala makara mukuṭa sira bhrājā | kuṭila kesa janu madhupa-samājā ||
ura śrībatsa rucira banamālā | padika-hāra bhūṣana mani-jālā ||
केहरि-कन्धर चारु जनेऊ । बाहु बिभूषन सुन्दर तेऊ ॥
करि-कर सरि-सुभग भुजदंडा । कटि निषङ्ग कर सर कोदंडा ॥
kehari-kandhara cāru janeū | bāhu bibhūṣana sundara teū ||
kari-kara sari-subhaga bhujadaṃḍā | kaṭi niṣaṅga kara sara kodaṃḍā ||
तड़ित बिनिन्दक पीत-पट, उदर रेख बर तीनि ।
नाभि मनोहर लेति जनु, जमुन-भँवर छबि छीनि ॥
tar̤ita binindaka pīta-paṭa, udara rekha bara tīni |
nābhi manohara leti janu, jamuna-bham̐vara chabi chīni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
