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aṅgāsaṅgimṛṇālakāṇḍamayate bhṛṅgāvalīnāṃ rucaṃ nāsāmauktikamindranīlasaraṇiṃ śvāsānilād gāhate /
datteyaṃ himavālukāpi kucayordhatte kṣaṇaṃ dīpatāṃ taptāyaḥpatitāmbuvatkaratale dhārāmbu saṃlīyate //

The lotus-stalk touching her body takes on the hue of a swarm of black bees; / the pearl on her nose, from the breath of her sigh, enters the path of a sapphire; / even this camphor-powder applied to her breasts assumes for a moment the state of a flame; / and the stream of water on the palm of her hand dissolves like water dropped on heated iron.