daraḥ śaṅkho dadhmāyamāno bhagavatā āpuryamāṇa uccakāśe’tiśayena śuśubhe ity anvayaḥ |
kathaṁ-bhūto daraḥ ? dhavalam udaraṁ yasya saḥ |
tathāpy urukramasya kṛṣṇasya adharasya yaḥ śoṇa-guṇaḥ, tena śoṇimā yasya saḥ |
kara-kañje kara-kamale tayoḥ saṁpuṭe madhye vartamānaḥ |
katham uccakāśe ? abja-ṣaṇḍe rakta-kamala-samūhe kala-haṁso rāja-haṁsa utsvana ucca-śabdo yathā, tadvat ||