Shloka 15
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Accession Settlements and Approach to Vāsudeva (युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्यस्थापनं वासुदेवाभिगमनं च)
कौस्तुभेनोरसिस्थेन मणिनाभिविराजितम् । उद्यतेवोदयं शैलं सूर्येणाभिविराजितम्
kaustubhenorasi sthena maṇinābhivirājitam | udyatevodayaṁ śailaṁ sūryeṇābhivirājitam ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಛಾತಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಇರುವ ಕೌಸ್ತುಭಮಣಿಯಿಂದ ಅವರು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನರಾದರು; ಅದು ಉದಯಿಸುವ ಸೂರ್ಯನು ಉದಯಪರ್ವತವನ್ನು ಬೆಳಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ತೋಚಿತು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Radiance and beauty are presented as outward signs of auspicious virtue and rightful greatness: the Kaustubha’s brilliance symbolizes divine legitimacy and inner excellence, not mere luxury.
Vaiśampāyana describes a majestic figure adorned with the Kaustubha jewel on the chest, comparing the resulting splendor to the sunrise lighting up the eastern mountain.