Shloka 31

Devanagari script

वर्णोपपन्नास्ता नार्यों रूपवत्य: स्वलंकृता: । सर्वाश्चाभ्यभवन्‌ कृष्णा रूपेण यशसा श्रिया

Transliteration

varṇopapannāstā nāryo rūpavatyaḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ | sarvāścābhyabhavan kṛṣṇā rūpeṇa yaśasā śriyā ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယန မိန့်ကြားသည်– ထိုမိန်းမတို့သည် အဆင့်အတန်းနှင့် ယဉ်ကျေးမှုအရ သင့်တော်ကာ လှပ၍ အလှဆင်ကောင်းမွန်ကြ၏။ အလှအပ၊ ဂုဏ်သတင်းနှင့် စည်းစိမ်ချမ်းသာတို့အရ သူတို့အားလုံးသည် ကృష్ణာ (ဒြောပဒီ) ထက်ပင် သာလွန်ကြသည်ဟု ဆို၏။

Word by Word

वर्णोपपन्नाःendowed with good complexion/colour

ताःthose

नार्यःwomen

रूपवत्यःbeautiful

स्वलंकृताःwell-adorned

सर्वाःall

चand

अभ्यभवन्surpassed/excelled

कृष्णाम्Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

रूपेणby beauty/appearance

यशसाby fame

श्रियाby splendour/prosperity

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

women (nāryaḥ)

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 social standing, adornment, fame, and prosperity can shape perception in royal settings; it implicitly contrasts external markers of excellence with the inner worth and resilience associated with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) elsewhere in the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a group of well-born, beautifully adorned women and states that, in outward measures—beauty, renown, and fortune—they outshone Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), setting a scene of courtly comparison within the Virāṭa episode.