कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( २५ )
the former are oiled, combed and decorated in other-
ways to enhance the beauty of the face, but no such
care is taken in the case of the latter, which are
allowed to grow in a natural way अपि—also The
poet means to say that Parvati's face being handsome
looked as much pretty with matted hair as with
ordinary hair · even ugly things can not mar the
beauty of a really beautiful thing. This very idea is
supported by the next two lines of the stanza पङ्कजं—
(पङ्क + √जन् + डः) पङ्के पङ्कात् वा जायत इति a lotus.
षट्पदश्रेणिभिः—षट् पदानि येषां ते षट्पदाः ( भ्रमराः ) तेषां
श्रेणिभिः ( पङ्क्तिभि. ) swarms of bees For the synonyms
of षट्पद Cf. 'द्विरेफपुष्पलिड् भृङ्ग षट्पद भ्रमरालयः' इत्यमरः।
प्रकाशते—shines or looks beautiful Present of √काश्
to shine. सशैवलासङ्गम्—शैवलानां ( जलनीलिकानां ; काई—
हिन्दी ) आसङ्ग ( साहचर्य ) शैवलासङ्गः, शैवलासङ्गेन सह वर्त्त-
मानं सशैवलासङ्गम् by its union with moss आसङ्ग—
contact. The compound is बहुब्रीहि according to 'तेन
सहेति तुल्ययोगे' पा० २.२.२८। i e., the particle सह may
be compounded with a noun in the Instrumental Case
in a Bahuvrihi when there is equal participation in
some action; in this case सह optionally becomes स।
For the idea contained in this stanza see " सरसिज-
मनुविद्धं शैवलेनापि रम्यं, मलिनमपि हिमांशोर्लक्ष्म लक्ष्मीं
तनोति। इयमधिकमनोज्ञा वल्कलेनापि तन्वी, किमिव हि मधुराणां
मण्डनं नाकृतीनाम् ॥ " शकुन्तला १. १८