Shloka 493

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

Devanagari script

शुशुभाते5तिविमले द्वे नेत्रे कृष्णपिड्ले । उसने काले मृगचर्मको वस्त्रके रूपमें धारण कर रक्खा था

Transliteration

śuśubhāte 'tivimale dve netre kṛṣṇapiṅgale | sa kāle mṛgacarmako vastrārūpeṇa dhārayām āsa, yasmin suvarṇanirmitāḥ tārāḥ jaḍitāḥ āsan | sa sva-lalāṭe sūrya-sadṛśaṃ tejasvi netraṃ dhārayām āsa | tat-śeṣe kṛṣṇa-piṅgalavarṇe dve atyanta-nirmale netre ca śobhāṃ prāpnutaḥ |

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດວງຕາສອງຂ້າງຂອງພຣະອົງ—ດຳ ແລະສີນ້ຳຕານອອກເຫຼືອງ—ບໍລິສຸດຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ແລະສົ່ງປະກາຍດ້ວຍຄວາມງາມ. ພຣະອົງນຸ່ງຫົ່ມຜິວກວາງດຳເປັນເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ ປະດັບດ້ວຍດາວທອງດຸດດັ່ງດາວເທິງຟ້າ. ທີ່ໜ້າຜາກ ພຣະອົງມີດວງຕາອັນສະຫວ່າງໄສ ລຸກໂຊດດັ່ງຕາເວັນ; ແລະນອກເໜືອຈາກນັ້ນ ດວງຕາສອງຂ້າງທີ່ດຳແລະສີນ້ຳຕານອອກເຫຼືອງ ກໍບໍລິສຸດ ແລະສົ່ງປະກາຍສະຫງ່າງາມ.

Word by Word

• शुशुभाते: were shining
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रयोगे/परफेक्ट), 3, dual, आत्मनेपद

• अतिविमले: very pure/spotless
• अतिविमले: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिविमल
• Form: neuter, nominative, dual

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: neuter, nominative, dual

• नेत्रे: eyes
• नेत्रे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, dual

• कृष्णपिङ्गले: black and tawny-brown
• कृष्णपिङ्गले: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णपिङ्गल
• Form: neuter, nominative, dual

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• two eyes (kṛṣṇa-piṅgala)
• third eye on the forehead
• mṛgacarma (antelope/deer skin garment)
• golden star-like ornaments
• sun (as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes that true spiritual authority is marked by purity and inner radiance: ascetic austerity (the antelope-skin garment) is paired with heightened perception (the sun-like forehead eye), suggesting disciplined life and insight as foundations of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a formidable, ascetic figure whose appearance is extraordinary—two pure dark-tawny eyes and an additional radiant eye on the forehead—while wearing an antelope-skin garment adorned with golden star-like ornaments.