A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.49

v3.c35.s2.49

*rājīvamiva te vaktraṁ netre nīlotpale iva* |
“Thy face red like a thy at bloom, thine eyes like lotuses blue”,
or
*tavānanamivāmbhojam ambhojamiva te mukham*
“The lotus is like thy face and thy face is like the lotus,”
or
*yadi kiṁcid bhavet padmaṁ subhru vibhrāntalocanam* |
*tatte mukhaśriyaṁ dhattām*
“If but the lotus had two rolling disturbed eyes, one would think it was thy face;”
or
*śatapatraṁ śaraccandrastvadānanam iti trayam* |
*parasparavirodhi*
“The lotus, the autumnal moon and thy face—what a triple paradox!;”
or
*tvadānanam adhirākṣam āvirdaśanadīdhiti* |
*bhramadbhṛṅgamivālakṣyakesaraṁ bhāti paṅkajam* ||
“Thy face, with quivering eyes and glimmering teeth, is like a lotus-flower, swarmed over by bees, from where little visible filaments are moving upward”.