Shloka 159

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णा वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभा । पज्चानां पुरुषेन्द्राणां चित्तप्रमथनी रह:,वह समस्त शुभ लक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न तथा वैदूर्य मणिके समान कान्तिमती थी। एकान्तमें रहकर वह पाँचों पुरुषप्रवर पाण्डवोंके मनको मुग्ध किये रहती थी

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇā vaidūryamaṇisaṃnibhā | pañcānāṃ puruṣendrāṇāṃ cittapramathanī rahaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယန မိန့်ကြားသည်– သူမသည် ကောင်းမြတ်သော လက္ခဏာအလုံးစုံနှင့် ပြည့်စုံ၍ ဝိုင်ဒူရျ မဏိ (ကြောင်မျက်လုံးရတနာ) ကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပလှ၏။ တိတ်ဆိတ်ရာ၌ နေထိုင်လျက်ပင် ပဏ္ဍဝ မင်းသားကြီးငါးပါး၏ စိတ်နှလုံးကို အမြဲတမ်း ဆွဲဆောင်လှုပ်ရှားစေခဲ့၏။

Word by Word

सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णाcomplete with all auspicious marks

वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभाresembling a vaidūrya gem

पञ्चानाम्of five

पुरुषेन्द्राणाम्of the best of men (kings among men)

चित्तप्रमथनीone who agitates/steals the mind

रहःin secret, privately

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas (five brothers)

Vaidūrya-maṇi (cat’s-eye gem)

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 how outward excellence and private proximity can powerfully sway the mind, suggesting an ethical caution: attachment and fascination arise easily and can influence judgment, especially among even the greatest persons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a woman of extraordinary auspicious beauty, likened to the shining vaidūrya gem, who—while living privately—captivates the hearts of the five Pāṇḍava princes.