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Shloka 3

Mātali’s Proposal for Guṇakeśī and Sumukha’s Audience with Indra

Devanagari script

श्वेताचलनिभाकारो दिव्याभरणभूषित: । सहसत धारयन्‌ मूर्थ्ना ज्वालाजिह्दो महाबल:

Transliteration

śvetācalanibhākāro divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ | sahasraśīrṣaṃ dhārayan mūrdhnā jvālājihvo mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

নারদ বললেন—তিনি শুভ্র পর্বতের ন্যায় দীপ্তিমান, দিব্য অলংকারে ভূষিত। মস্তকে সহস্র শির ধারণ করে, অগ্নিশিখার ন্যায় জিহ্বাবিশিষ্ট, তিনি অপরিমেয় বলবান।

Word by Word

श्वेताचलनिभाकारःwhose form is like a white mountain

दिव्याभरणभूषितःadorned with divine ornaments

सहस्रत्thousands (of)

धारयन्bearing, holding

मूर्ध्नाwith (his) head

ज्वालाजिह्वःwhose tongue is (like) flame

महाबलःof great strength

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Śeṣa/Ananta (implied by sahasraśīrṣa and the Gītā Press gloss)

Kailāsa (from the accompanying Hindi gloss)

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 divine majesty as a sign of cosmic responsibility: immense power (mahābala) is portrayed as ordered and sustaining (dhārayan), inspiring reverence and reminding listeners that true greatness supports dharma rather than serving ego.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a formidable divine being—understood in context as Śeṣa/Ananta—using vivid epithets (white-mountain form, thousand heads, flame-like tongue, divine ornaments) to convey his cosmic stature and awe-inspiring presence.