Shloka 42

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

तत्र प्रोवाच तुरगस्तं कृष्णश्वेतवालधि: । ताम्रास्यनेत्र: कौरव्य प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा,इसी समय उनके पास एक घोड़ा आया, जिसकी एूँछके बाल काले और सफेद थे। उसके नेत्र और मुँह लाल रंगके थे। कुरुनन्दन! वह अपने तेजसे प्रज्वलित-सा हो रहा था

Transliteration

tatra provāca turagastaṃ kṛṣṇaśvetavāladhiḥ | tāmrāsyanetraḥ kauravya prajvalanniva tejasā ||

Translation

Then there appeared a horse, its tail-hairs black and white. Its mouth and eyes were copper-red; O descendant of Kuru, it seemed to blaze with its own radiance.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

प्रोवाचspoke / said

तुरगःthe horse

तम्him

कृष्ण-श्वेत-वालधिःone whose tail is black and white

ताम्र-आस्य-नेत्रःone whose mouth and eyes are copper-red

कौरव्यO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

प्रज्वलन्blazing

इवas if

तेजसाby (his) radiance

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kauravya (descendant of Kuru, addressee)

turaga (horse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes