The gaze of that self-admiring beloved is fixed solely upon my heart, turning neither toward the mirror nor toward the glass of the thumb-ring.

The beloved is famously self-absorbed, usually captivated by their own reflection in a looking glass or a jeweled thumb-ring mirror (aarsi). Yet here, rather than turning to any ordinary mirror, their gaze remains transfixed on the lover's heart. The delightful charm of this couplet lies in the realization that the lover's heart has become so pure and deeply devoted that it serves as the ultimate mirror, showing the beloved the truest reflection of their own beauty.