Shloka 13

Brahmāstra-pratisaṃhāraḥ, Parīkṣit-nāmakaraṇam, Nagarotsava-varṇanam

Withdrawal of the Brahmāstra; Naming of Parīkṣit; Description of Civic Festivities

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठ पश्य वदनं लोकनाथस्य धीमत: । पुण्डरीकपलाशारक्ष पुरेव चपलेक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

uttiṣṭha paśya vadanaṁ lokanāthasya dhīmataḥ | puṇḍarīka-palāśārkṣaṁ pureva capalekṣaṇam ||

Translation

ಮಗನೇ! ಎದ್ದು ನಿಲ್ಲು; ಲೋಕನಾಥನಾದ ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ನೋಡು—ಕಮಲದಳದಂತಿರುವ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳವನು. ಹಿಂದೆ ನಾನು ಚಪಲ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ನೋಡುವಂತೆ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇದನ್ನೂ ನೋಡು.

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठ: stand up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• वदनम्: face
• वदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• लोकनाथस्य: of the lord of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकनाथ
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• धीमतः: of the wise
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्ष: O lotus-petal-eyed one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीकपलाशाक्ष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुरेव: just as before
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा + इव

• चपल-ईक्षणम्: the (one) with restless glance / the restless-looking (face)
• चपल-ईक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चपल + ईक्षण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Lokanātha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes reverent attention to the divine and the ethically elevating power of darśana—turning one’s gaze toward the wise protector of the world, whose presence steadies and uplifts the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker urges someone to stand up and behold Kṛṣṇa’s face—described with lotus-petal eyes—comparing this act of looking to an earlier, intimate remembrance of gazing upon the person’s father, thereby linking devotion with personal memory and consolation.