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# Bal Kand · Doha 243

**चौ०** 
> सहज मनोहर मूरति दोऊ। कोटि काम उपमा लघु सोऊ॥  
> सरद चंद निंदक मुख नीके। नीरज नयन भावते जी के॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> चितवनि चारु मार मनु हरनी। भावति हृदय जाति नहिं बरनी॥  
> कल कपोल श्रुति कुंडल लोला। चिबुक अधर सुंदर मृदु बोला॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कुमुदबंधु कर निंदक हाँसा। भृकुटी बिकट मनोहर नासा॥  
> भाल बिसाल तिलक झलकाहीं। कच बिलोकि अलि अवलि लजाहीं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> पीत चौतनीं सिरन्हि सुहाईं। कुसुम कलीं बिच बीच बनाईं॥  
> रेखें रुचिर कंबु कल गीवाँ। जनु त्रिभुवन सुषमा की सीवाँ॥४॥

Meaning: Both were embodiments of natural grace; even millions of Cupids were a poor match for them. Their charming faces mocked the autumnal moon, and their lotus-like eyes were soul-ravishing. (1)

Their winning glances captivated the heart of even Cupid; they were so inexpressibly endearing. With beautiful cheeks, ears adorned with swinging pendants, a charming chin and lips and a sweet voice, (2)

their smile ridiculed the moonbeams. With arched eyebrows and a beautiful nose, the sacred Tilaka shone on their broad forehead and their locks of hair put to shame the swarm of bees. (3)

Yellow caps of a rectangular shape, which were embroidered here and there with figures of flower-buds, adorned their heads. Their necks, which vied in their spiral form with a conch-shell, bore a triple line and constituted, as it were, the high watermark of beauty in all the three worlds. (4)

**दो०** 
> कुंजर मनि कंठा कलित उरन्हि तुलसिका माल।  
> बृषभ कंध केहरि ठवनि बल निधि बाहु बिसाल॥२४३॥

Meaning: Their breasts were adorned with necklaces of pearls found in elephants’ forehead and wreaths of Tulasī (basil) leaves. With shoulders resembling the lump of a bull, they stood like lions and had mighty long arms. (243)

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