Shloka 135
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 3 — Janamejaya’s Rite, Dhaumya’s Parīkṣā, and Uttanka’s Kuṇḍala Quest (सर्पसत्रप्रस्तावना–गुरुपरीक्षा–उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान)
Devanagari script
सुरूपा बहुरूपाश्च तथा कल्माषकुण्डला: । आदित्यवन्नाकपृष्ठे रेजुरैरावतोद्धवा:,ऐरावतकुलनमें उत्पन्न नागगणोंमेंसे कितने ही सुन्दर रूपवाले हैं, उनके अनेक रूप हैं, वे विचित्र कुण्डल धारण करते हैं तथा आकाशमें सूर्यदेवकी भाँति स्वर्गलोकमें प्रकाशित होते हैं
Transliteration
surūpā bahurūpāś ca tathā kalmāṣakuṇḍalāḥ | ādityavan nākapṛṣṭhe rejur airāvatoddhavāḥ ||
Translation
“Many among the serpent hosts born in the lineage of Airāvata were beautiful in form and manifold in appearance. Wearing mottled and wondrous earrings, they shone upon the heavenly firmament like the Sun, radiant on the heights of heaven.”
Word by Word
[{'term''surūpāḥ', 'definition': 'beautiful, of pleasing form'}, {'term': 'bahurūpāḥ', 'definition': 'having many forms
[{'term':
varied in appearance'}, {'term''kalmāṣa-kuṇḍalāḥ', 'definition': 'wearing variegated/mottled earrings (kuṇḍala)
varied in appearance'}, {'term':
adorned with distinctive ornaments'}, {'term''ādityavat', 'definition': 'like Āditya (the Sun)
adorned with distinctive ornaments'}, {'term':
sun-like in brilliance'}, {'term''nāka-pṛṣṭhe', 'definition': 'on the surface/height of heaven
sun-like in brilliance'}, {'term':
in the celestial realm'}, {'term''rejuḥ', 'definition': 'they shone
in the celestial realm'}, {'term':
they were resplendent'}, {'term''airāvata-uddhavāḥ', 'definition': 'sprung from Airāvata
they were resplendent'}, {'term':
descendants/offspring of Airāvata'}, {'term''nāga-gaṇāḥ (implied)', 'definition': 'hosts/groups of nāgas (serpent beings)'}]
descendants/offspring of Airāvata'}, {'term':
Speaker
राम उवाच
Characters & Entities
R
RāmaA
AirāvataN
NāgasĀ
Āditya (Sun)N
Nāka (heaven)