Upaniṣads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 77
॥
Devanāgarī
सुकेयुरान्वितं बाहुं कण्ठमालासुशोभितम् ।
द्युमत्किरीटवलयं स्फुरन्मकर कुण्डलं
Transliteración (IAST)
sukeyurānvitaṁ bāhuṁ kaṇṭhamālāsuśobhitam |
dyumatkirīṭavalayaṁ sphuranmakara kuṇḍalaṁ
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सुकेयुरान्वितम् बाहुम्sukeyurānvitam bāhumarms with lovely armlets; shoulders with beautiful bands
कण्ठमालासुशोभितम्kaṇṭhamālāsuśobhitama neck adorned with a garland; with a necklace on the throat
द्युमत् किरीटवलयम्dyumat kirīṭavalayama shining crown and bracelets; a gleaming diadem and bangles
स्फुरन् मकर कुण्डलम्sphuran makara kuṇḍalamand glinting makara earrings; with playing earrings shaped like makaras
Traducción
His arms are in lovely armlets, His neck is adorned with a garland; His crown shines, His bracelets gleam, His makara-shaped earrings glint.
Versión
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The description reaches the ornaments: armlets, a necklace, a crown, bracelets, earrings.
The earrings are called makara-kuṇḍala — shaped like the sea-monster makara; such earrings are usual in descriptions of Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa, and mantra 44 of the first part already spoke of "swaying earrings".
It might seem that the details of adornment do not touch the essence. But the contemplation this book speaks of is the holding of an image, and an image is held by particulars: a crown, a gleam on a bracelet, the movement of an earring. A bare idea is not held in the mind.
This agrees with what the whole second part is occupied with: it answers the question of how the Transcendent manifests here — and answers it, in part, by describing Him in detail, down to the earrings.
The next mantra will complete the portrait and add to it the very thing for whose sake it was composed.