Shloka 52

Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama

Devanagari script

य:ः स चक्रगदापाणि: पीतवासा: शितिप्रभ: । पद्मनाभ: सुरारिघ्न: पृथुचार्वज्चितेक्षण:,जो अपने हाथोंमें चक्र और गदा धारण करते हैं, पीताम्बर पहनते हैं, जिनके अंगोंकी कान्ति श्याम रंगकी है, जिनकी नाभिसे कमलका प्रादुर्भाव हुआ है, जो देव-शत्रुओंके नाशक तथा विशाल और मनोहर नेत्रोंसे युक्त हैं

Transliteration

yaḥ sa cakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsāḥ śitiprabhāḥ | padmanābhaḥ surārighnaḥ pṛthucārvaciteṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “He is the one who bears the discus and the mace in his hands, who is clad in yellow garments, whose radiance is dark-hued and lustrous; whose navel is the source of the lotus; who destroys the foes of the gods; and who possesses broad, beautiful, attentive eyes.”

Word by Word

यःwho

सःhe

चक्रगदापाणिःone whose hands bear the discus and mace

पीतवासाḥwearing yellow garments

शितिप्रभःof dark/blue radiance

पद्मनाभःlotus-naveled

सुरारिघ्नःslayer of the enemies of the gods

पृथुचार्वचितेक्षणःhaving broad and beautiful eyes

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Viṣṇu (Padmanābha)

cakra (discus weapon)

gadā (mace weapon)

devas (suras)

enemies of the gods (surāri)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes