Shloka 3

Devanagari script

आश्चर्यरूपा पुनरस्यथ कण्ठे विभ्राजते विद्युदिवान्तरिक्षे | दौ चास्य पिण्डावधरेण कण्ठा- दजातरोमौ सुमनोहरौ च,उसके गलेमें एक ऐसा आश्चर्यजनक आभूषण (कण्ठा) था, जो आकाशमें बिजलीकी भाँति चमक रहा था। उसके गलेसे नीचे (वक्ष:स्थलपर) दो मांसपिण्ड थे, जिनपर रोएँ नहीं उगे थे। वे अत्यन्त मनोहर जान पड़ते थे

Transliteration

āścaryarūpā punar asyatha kaṇṭhe vibhrājate vidyud ivāntarikṣe | dvau cāsya piṇḍāv adhareṇa kaṇṭhād ajātaromau sumanoharau ca ||

Translation

R̥śyaśṛṅga continued: “Around his neck there shone a wondrous necklace, flashing like lightning in the sky. And below his throat were two fleshy protuberances, smooth and without hair, appearing exceedingly beautiful.”

Word by Word

आश्चर्यरूपाof wondrous form

पुनःagain; moreover

अस्यof him

अथthen; and

कण्ठेin/on the neck

विभ्राजतेshines; gleams

विद्युत्lightning

इवlike; as if

अन्तरिक्षेin the sky

द्वौtwo

चand

अस्यof him

पिण्डौlumps; masses

अधरेणbelow; by/with the lower (part)

कण्ठात्from the neck; below the neck (abl.)

अजातरोमौhairless (with hair not grown)

सुमनोहरौvery charming

चand

Speaker

ऋष्यशुड्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

ऋ

ऋष्यशृङ्ग (R̥śyaśṛṅga)

क

कण्ठा (neck-ornament/necklace)

व

विद्युत् (lightning)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily serves a narrative function: it highlights extraordinary bodily marks and radiant ornaments as signs of unusual nature or auspicious distinction. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s tendency to read external signs as indicators that invite careful attention and discernment rather than casual judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

R̥śyaśṛṅga is describing a person’s striking appearance—especially a lightning-like neck-ornament and two smooth, hairless protuberances below the throat—emphasizing how remarkable and captivating these features are.