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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.6.15-17

ईषामात्रोग्रदंष्ट्रास्यं गिरिकन्दरनासिकम् ।

गण्डशैलस्तनं रौद्रं प्रकीर्णारुणमूर्धजम् ॥ १५ ॥

अन्धकूपगभीराक्षं पुलिनारोहभीषणम् ।

बद्धसेतुभुजोर्वङ्‍‍घ्रि शून्यतोयह्रदोदरम् ॥ १६ ॥

सन्तत्रसु: स्म तद्वीक्ष्य गोपा गोप्य: कलेवरम् ।

पूर्वं तु तन्नि:स्वनितभिन्नहृत्कर्णमस्तका: ॥ १७ ॥

īṣā-mātrogra-daṁṣṭrāsyaṁ

giri-kandara-nāsikam

gaṇḍa-śaila-stanaṁ raudraṁ

prakīrṇāruṇa-mūrdhajam

andha-kūpa-gabhīrākṣaṁ

pulināroha-bhīṣaṇam

baddha-setu-bhujorv-aṅghri

śūnya-toya-hradodaram

santatrasuḥ sma tad vīkṣya

gopā gopyaḥ kalevaram

pūrvaṁ tu tan-niḥsvanita-

bhinna-hṛt-karṇa-mastakāḥ

Translation

The Rākṣasī’s mouth was full of teeth, each resembling the front of a plow, her nostrils were deep like mountain caves, and her breasts resembled big slabs of stone fallen from a hill. Her scattered hair was the color of copper. The sockets of her eyes appeared like deep blind wells, her fearful thighs resembled the banks of a river, her arms, legs and feet seemed like big bridges, and her abdomen appeared like a dried-up lake. The hearts, ears and heads of the cowherd men and women were already shocked by the Rākṣasī’s screaming, and when they saw the fierce wonder of her body, they were even more frightened.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pūtanā’s Form Frightens the Cowherd People

  1. 1

    Pūtanā’s teeth resembled the front of a plow, her nostrils mountain caves, and her breasts large slabs of stone. Her scattered hair was copper-colored.

  2. 2

    Her eye sockets resembled deep blind wells, her limbs big bridges, and her abdomen a dried-up lake. These comparisons describe her immense and fearful body.

  3. 3

    The cowherd men and women were already shocked by her screaming. Seeing her fierce body frightened them even more.

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