Shloka 27

प्रभासे कृष्णार्जुनसमागमः तथा द्वारकाप्रवेशः | Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Meeting at Prabhāsa and Entry into Dvārakā

Devanagari script

महेन्द्रस्यापि नेत्राणां पृष्ठत: पार्श्वतो5ग्रत: । रक्तान्तानां विशालानां सहस्न॑ सर्वतो5भवत्‌,इसी प्रकार इन्द्रके भी आगे, पीछे और पार्श्च-भागमें सब ओर लाल कोनेवाले सहस्रों विशाल नेत्र प्रकट हो गये

Transliteration

mahendrasyāpi netrāṇāṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvato 'grataḥ | raktāntānāṁ viśālānāṁ sahasraṁ sarvato 'bhavat ||

Translation

قال نارادا: وحتى على مهايندرا (إندرا)، من الخلف ومن الجانبين ومن الأمام، ظهرت في كل جهة ألفُ عينٍ واسعةٍ عظيمةٍ ذاتِ مآقٍ محمرّة.

Word by Word

महेन्द्रस्यof Mahendra (Indra)

अपिalso/even

नेत्राणाम्of (his) eyes

पृष्ठतःfrom behind/behind

पार्श्वतःfrom the sides/on the sides

अग्रतःin front/from the front

रक्तान्तानाम्of those having red corners/ends

विशालानाम्of the large/huge (ones)

सहस्रम्a thousand

सर्वतःon all sides/everywhere

अभवत्became/appeared/arose

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Mahendra (Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical idea that actions and moral lapses can lead to visible consequences, even for the powerful; divine or cosmic order can mark and reveal accountability through symbolic transformation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a miraculous change in Indra: thousands of large, red-cornered eyes appear all over his body—front, sides, and back—signaling a supernatural manifestation tied to the surrounding episode.