Shloka 63

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

दुर्दिनाम्भोदसदृशो दीप्ताक्षो वामनाकृति: । दण्डी कमण्डलुधर: श्रीवत्सोरसि भूषित:,“वह वर्षाकालके मेघके समान श्यामवर्णका था। उसके नेत्र देदीप्यमान हो रहे थे। वे वामनाकार, दण्ड और कमण्डलु धारण किये तथा वक्षःस्थलमें श्रीवत्सचिह्लसे विभूषित थे

Transliteration

durdināmbhodasadṛśo dīptākṣo vāmanākṛtiḥ | daṇḍī kamaṇḍaludharaḥ śrīvatsorasi bhūṣitaḥ ||

Translation

ಅವನು ದುರ್ಡಿನದ ಮಳೆಮೋಡದಂತೆ ಶ್ಯಾಮವರ್ಣನಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳು ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ದೀಪ್ತವಾಗಿದ್ದವು. ವಾಮನಾಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ ದಂಡ ಮತ್ತು ಕಮಂಡಲುವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ವಕ್ಷಸ್ಥಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಶ್ರೀವತ್ಸಚಿಹ್ನದಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದನು।

Word by Word

दुर्दिनाम्भोदसदृशःlike a rainy-day cloud

दीप्ताक्षःhaving shining eyes

वामनाकृतिःof dwarf-like form

दण्डीbearing a staff

कमण्डलुधरःholding a water-pot (kamandalu)

श्रीवत्सोरसिon (his) chest marked with Śrīvatsa

भूषितःadorned

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena

daṇḍa (staff)

kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)

Śrīvatsa (mark)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights discernment of dharma through outward signs associated with ascetic discipline (staff and water-pot) and inner divinity indicated by auspicious marks like Śrīvatsa—suggesting that true spiritual authority combines restraint with sacred presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma is describing the appearance of a remarkable figure: dark like a monsoon cloud, radiant-eyed, dwarf-formed, carrying ascetic implements, and bearing the Śrīvatsa mark—details that signal the figure’s extraordinary, possibly divine, identity.