Shloka 17

प्रभासे कृष्णार्जुनसमागमः तथा द्वारकाप्रवेशः | Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Meeting at Prabhāsa and Entry into Dvārakā

Devanagari script

सा विग्रहवतीव श्री: कामरूपा वपुष्मती । जहार सर्वभूतानां चक्षूंषि च मनांसि च,वह मूर्तिमती कामरूपिणी लक्ष्मीकी भाँति समस्त प्राणियोंके नेत्रों और मनको हर लेती थी

Transliteration

sā vigrahavatīvā śrīḥ kāmarūpā vapuṣmatī | jahāra sarvabhūtānāṃ cakṣūṃṣi ca manāṃsi ca ||

Translation

Нарада сказал: Она была словно сама Шри — Лакшми — воплощённая в образе: сияющая, изящная, способная по воле принимать любой облик. Одним своим присутствием она пленяла всех существ, похищая и их взоры, и их сердца.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विग्रहवती: having a form/body
• विग्रहवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्रहवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• श्रीः: Lakṣmī; splendor/fortune
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कामरूपा: able to assume any desired form
• कामरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वपुष्मती: possessing a beautiful body
• वपुष्मती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वपुष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जहार: she stole/enchanted/robbed away
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• चक्षूंषि: eyes
• चक्षूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मनांसि: minds/hearts
• मनांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śrī (Lakṣmī as personified fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how outward splendor and charm can overpower perception and judgment—drawing the senses (eyes) and the inner faculty (mind). Ethically, it cautions that fascination with beauty or fortune can distract beings from discernment and self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a woman whose presence is compared to embodied Śrī (Fortune/Lakṣmī). She is portrayed as extraordinarily attractive and capable of assuming any form, and her beauty captivates all beings, seizing their attention and thoughts.