Verse 17·VR 5.35.17

त्रिस्थिरः त्रिप्रलम्बः च त्रिसमः त्रिषु च उन्नतः | त्रिवलीवान् त्र्यवनतः चतुः व्यन्गः त्रिशीर्षवान् || ५-३५-१७

tristhiraH tripralambaH ca trisamaH triShu ca unnataH |trivaliivaan tryavanataH catuH vyangaH trishiirShavaan || 5-35-17

Translation

"He is ever firm in three limbs (viz. the breast, waist and fist), long in three (viz. the breast, waist and fist), long in three (viz. the eyebrows, arms and soles), uniform in three (viz. his locks, testical and knees, elevated in three (viz. his breast, rim of his navel and lower abdomen), coppery in three of the navel and the lower abdomen), coppery in three (viz. the rims of his eyes, nails, palms and soles), soft in three (viz. the lines on his soles, hair and the end of the membrane virile) and always deep in three (viz. the voice, gait and the navel)."

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tristhiraH

He is ever firm in three limbs (viz. the breast; wrist and fist)

tripralambashcha

long in three (viz. his locks; testicles and knees)

unnataH

elevated

triSu

in three (viz. the breast; rim of the navel and the lower abdomen)

tritaamraH

coppery in three (viz. the rims of his eyes; nails; palms and soles)

smigdhaH triSucha

soft in three (viz. the lines on his soles; hair and the end of membrum virile)

nityashaH

and always

triSu gambhiiraH

deep in three (viz. the voice; gait and the navel).

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Seetha Asks Hanuma to Describe the Characteristics of Rama

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