Shloka 236
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
सकुण्डलं तदजिनं पपात सहसा तरो: । उन बेलोंकी चोटसे बन्धन टूट गया और कुण्डलसहित वह मृगचर्म सहसा वृक्षसे नीचे जा गिरा
sakuṇḍalaṃ tadajinaṃ papāta sahasā taroḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「耳飾りを付けたままの鹿皮が、たちまち樹上から落ちた。蔓の勢いに打たれて結び目が切れ、縛られていた皮は一挙に地へと落下した——自然の突発の力の前に、外なる拘束がいかに脆いかを示す、物語の急転である。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the suddenness with which supports and bindings can fail; it subtly points to impermanence and the vulnerability of external safeguards when conditions change unexpectedly.
A deerskin (ajina), still bearing an earring (kuṇḍala), breaks free from its fastening and suddenly falls from a tree—an abrupt physical event that advances the episode by revealing or dislodging an important object.