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The Characteristics of King Purañjana
1161
mouth is the instrument for acquiring knowledge by taste, for by chewing an object and touching it with the tongue we can understand its taste. The word  sukapolām  (nice forehead) indicates a clear brain capable of understanding things as they are. By intelligence one can set things in order. The earrings set upon the two ears are placed there by the work of the intelligence. Thus the ways of acquiring knowledge are described metaphorically.
TEXT 23
पिशङ्गनीवीं सुश्रोणीं श्यामां कनकमेखलाम् । पद्मयां कणद्भयां चलन्तीं नूपुरैर्देवतामिव ॥२३॥
piśaṅga-nīvīm suśroṇīm śyāmām kanaka-mekhalām padbhyām kvaṇadbhyām calantīm nūpurair devatām iva
piśaṅga —yellow;  nīvīm —garment;  su-śroṇīm —beautiful waist;  śyāmām —blackish;  kanaka —golden;  mekhalām —belt;  padbhyām —with the feet;  kvaṇadbhyām —tinkling;  calantīm —walking;  nūpuraiḥ —with ankle bells;  devatām —a denizen of the heavens;  iva —like.
TRANSLATION
The waist and hips of the woman were very beautiful. She was dressed in a yellow sari with a golden belt. While she walked, her ankle bells rang. She appeared exactly like a denizen of the heavens.
PURPORT
This verse expresses the joyfulness of the mind upon seeing a woman with raised hips and breasts dressed in an attractive sari and bedecked with ornaments.
TEXT 24
स्तनौ व्यञ्जितकैशोरौ समवृत्तौ निरन्तरौ । वस्त्रान्तेन निगूहन्तीं व्रीडया गजगामिनीम् ॥२४॥
stanau vyañjita-kaiśorau sama-vṛttau nirantarau