Shloka 92

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

उपविष्टं महाराज पद्मेन्दुसद्शाननम्‌ | फुल्लपद्मविशालाक्षं बालं पश्यामि भारत

Transliteration

upaviṣṭaṃ mahārāja padmendusa­dṛśānanam | phullapadmaviśālākṣaṃ bālaṃ paśyāmi bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Ô grand roi, ô Bhārata, je vois là un enfant assis : son visage est gracieux comme le lotus et la lune, et ses yeux sont vastes comme des pétales de lotus en pleine floraison.»

Word by Word

• उपविष्टम्: seated
• उपविष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट (उप-√विश्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पद्म: with a lotus
• पद्म: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्दु: with the moon
• इन्दु: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सदृश: similar (to)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आननम्: face
• आननम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• फुल्ल: bloomed, fully opened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फुल्ल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पद्म: lotus
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विशाल: large, wide
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षम्: eye
• अक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बालम्: a boy, child
• बालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नराधिप: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya in frame narrative)
• Bhārata (dynastic epithet)
• bāla (a divine-looking boy)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily conveys auspicious, dharmic symbolism through imagery: lotus- and moon-like features signify purity, serenity, and divine favor—suggesting that true excellence and authority are aligned with inner clarity and auspicious qualities rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes a striking vision: a beautiful boy seated, with a lotus-and-moon-like face and wide lotus-like eyes. The description heightens wonder and signals the presence of an extraordinary (often divine or fated) figure within the unfolding forest narrative.