Shloka 5

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 103: Garuḍa’s Protest, Viṣṇu’s Demonstration, and Counsel Toward Śama

Devanagari script

अस्य कन्या वरारोहा रूपेणासदृशी भुवि । सत्यशीलगुणोपेता गुणकेशीति विश्रुता

Transliteration

asya kanyā varārohā rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi | satyaśīlaguṇopetā guṇakeśīti viśrutā ||

Translation

അവനു ഒരു വരാരോഹയായ പുത്രിയുണ്ട്; അവളുടെ സൗന്ദര്യത്തിന് ഭൂമിയിൽ സമം ഇല്ല. സത്യവും ശീലവും സദ്ഗുണങ്ങളും നിറഞ്ഞ അവൾ ‘ഗുണകേശി’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധയാണ്.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कन्या: daughter/maiden
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वरारोहा: fair-thighed (one with excellent thighs)
• वरारोहा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरारोहा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रूपेण: by/with beauty, in appearance
• रूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• असदृशी: unmatched, incomparable
• असदृशी: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असदृश
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवि: on earth, in the world
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सत्यशीलगुणोपेता: endowed with truth, good conduct, and virtues
• सत्यशीलगुणोपेता: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-शील-गुण-उपेत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणकेशी: having excellent hair (fine-haired)
• गुणकेशी: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-केशी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विश्रुता: renowned, well-known
• विश्रुता: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Guṇakeśī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds ethical worth alongside outward beauty: true excellence is measured by truthfulness, good conduct, and virtues that earn lasting good repute.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a certain man’s daughter, praising her unmatched beauty and, more importantly, her virtuous character, introducing her as the famed maiden named Guṇakeśī.