Shloka 32

Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma

Devanagari script

नयनैरिव शोभंते चंचलैः कृष्णतारकैः । पुष्पसंपन्नशिखराः कर्णिकारद्रुमाः क्वचित्

Transliteration

nayanairiva śobhaṃte caṃcalaiḥ kṛṣṇatārakaiḥ | puṣpasaṃpannaśikharāḥ karṇikāradrumāḥ kvacit

Translation

ಕೆಲವೆಡೆ ಕರ್ಣಿಕಾರ ವೃಕ್ಷಗಳು ಪುಷ್ಪಸಂಪನ್ನ ಶಿಖರಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ, ಚಂಚಲ ಕೃಷ್ಣತಾರಕಗಳಿರುವ ನೇತ್ರಗಳಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿ ಶೋಭಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು।

Word by Word

• nayanai 25: with eyes
• nayanai 25: Kara 47a (/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nayana (pr1tipadika/)
• Form: Nap 41saka (Neuter), T5t
  2by1 vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (/comparative relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (avyaya/)
• Form: Upam1-avyaya (particle of comparison)

• bobha 43te: they shine, are beautiful
• bobha 43te: Kriy
  01 (/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bubh (dh1tu/)
• Form: La 6d-lak
  01ra (Present), Prathama-puru 63a (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural); parasmaipada

• ca 43calai 25: restless, flickering
• ca 43calai 25: Kara 47a (/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ca 43cala (pr1tipadika/)
• Form: Pu 43li 45ga (Masculine), T5t
  2by1 vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural); vi
  5be 63a 47a of k 5b 63 47at
  01rakai 25

• k 5b 63 47a-t
  01rakai 25: with black pupils (lit. black stars)
• k 5b 63 47a-t
  01rakai 25: Kara 47a (/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: k 5b 63 47a + t
  01raka (pr1tipadika/ + )
• Form: Pu 43li 45ga (Masculine), T5t
  2by1 vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural); karmadh
  01raya: 'black stars/pupils' (k 5b 63 47
  01 25 t
  01rak
  01 25)

• pu 63pa-sa 43panna-
  5bikhar1 25: with flower-laden tops
• pu 63pa-sa 43panna-
  5bikhar1 25: Karta (/Subject) - adjective of kar 47ik
  01radrum1 25
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pu 63pa + sa 43panna +
  5bikhara (pr1tipadika/ + Kridanta + )
• Form: Pu 43li 45ga (Masculine), Pratham1 vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuru 63a: 'having peaks/tops endowed with flowers'

• kar 47ik
  01ra-drum1 25: kar 47ik
  01ra trees
• kar 47ik
  01ra-drum1 25: Karta (/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kar 47ik
  01ra + druma (pr1tipadika/ + )
• Form: Pu 43li 45ga (Masculine), Pratham1 vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuru 63a: 'kar 47ik
  01ra trees'

• kvacit: in some places
• kvacit: Adhikara 47a (/Locative sense adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (avyaya/)
• Form: De
  5ba-k
  01la-avyaya (adverb): 'somewhere/sometimes'

Speaker

Narrator (descriptive passage; explicit speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: nayanai25 + iva nayanairiva.

FAQs

What is the central image in this shloka?

The verse compares blossom-topped karṇikāra trees to eyes, with the dark, moving ‘pupils’ (kṛṣṇatārakāḥ) suggesting lively visual beauty in the landscape.

Does this verse teach a specific Vaishnava doctrine or bhakti practice?

Not directly. This shloka functions primarily as poetic landscape description, typical of Purāṇic narration that sets a sacred or noteworthy scene.

What ethical or reflective lesson can be drawn from the verse?

It encourages attentive perception: seeing nature with contemplative sensitivity, where ordinary elements (trees and blossoms) become elevated through meaningful, reverent imagery.