सिंहस्कन्धत्विषो बिभ्रत्सौभगग्रीवकौस्तुभम् । श्रियानपायिन्या क्षिप्तनिकषाश्मोरसोल्लसत् ॥ ४९ ॥
simha-skandha-tviso bibhrat saubhaga-griva-kaustubham sriyanapayinya ksipta- nikasasmorasollasat
- simha
- a lion
- skandha
- shoulders
- tvisah
- the coils of hair
- bibhrat
- bearing
- saubhaga
- fortunate
- griva
- neck
- kaustubham
- the pearl of the name
- sriya
- beauty
- anapayinya
- never decreasing
- ksipta
- defeating
- nikasa
- the stone for testing gold
- asma
- stone
- urasa
- with the chest
- ullasat
- glittering.
The Lord has shoulders just like a lion’s. Upon these shoulders are garlands, necklaces and epaulets, and all of these are always glittering. Besides these, there is the beauty of the Kaustubha-mani pearl, and on the dark chest of the Lord there are streaks named Srivatsa, which are signs of the goddess of fortune. The glittering of these streaks excels the beauty of the golden streaks on a gold-testing stone. Indeed, such beauty defeats a gold-testing stone.