Shloka 16

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry

Devanagari script

कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा । दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता

Transliteration

kṛṣṇaraktāmbaradharā kṛṣṇanetratalāntarā | divyakuṇḍalasampannā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Dia mengenakan pakaian hitam dan merah. Bahagian bawah serta sudut dalam matanya juga gelap warnanya. Dia bersinar dengan subang langit dan dihiasi perhiasan ilahi.”

Word by Word

• कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा: wearing black-and-red garments
• कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-रक्त-अम्बर-धर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा: having the lower/inner parts of the eyes black
• कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-नेत्र-तल-अन्तर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना: endowed with divine earrings
• दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-कुण्डल-सम्पन्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-आभरण-भूषित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• a divine woman (unnamed in this verse)
• divine earrings (kuṇḍala)
• divine ornaments (ābharaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse itself is primarily descriptive, establishing the extraordinary, otherworldly presence of a feminine figure through symbolic colors and divine ornaments—often used in Śānti-parvan narratives to signal that the ensuing encounter or instruction carries moral and dharmic weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes the appearance of a radiant, divinely adorned woman. The detailed visual markers (black-red garments, dark eye-regions, celestial jewelry) function as narrative cues that a significant revelation, message, or dharma-related episode is about to unfold.