Kavyamimamsa 594

594

viśeṣastu pūrvadeśe rājaputryādīnā gauraḥ pāṇḍurvā varṇaḥ /
evaṃ dakṣiṇadeśe 'pi /
tatra prathamaḥ -
"kapole jānakyāḥ karikalabhadantadyutimuṣu smarasmerasphāroḍmarapulake vaktrakamalam /
muhuḥ paśyañchṛṇvanrajanicarasenākalakalaṃ jaṭājūṭagranthiṃ draḍhayati raghūṇāṃ parivṛḍhaḥ" //

As for the exception: in the eastern region, the complexion of princesses and the like is fair or pale. / Likewise in the southern region too. / Of these, the first: / "On Jānakī's cheek, which robs the radiance of an elephant calf's tusk, / seeing her lotus face again and again with intense horripilation expanding with love-smiles, / and hearing the clamor of the night-stalker army, the lord of the Raghus tightens the knot of his matted hair."