Shloka 95

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

अतसीपुष्पवर्णा भ: श्रीवत्सकृतभूषण: । साक्षाल्लक्ष्म्या इवावास: स तदा प्रतिभाति मे,उसकी अंगकान्ति अलसीके फूलकी भाँति श्याम थी। उसका वक्ष:स्थल श्रीवत्सचिह्नसे विभूषित था। वह उस समय मुझे साक्षात्‌ लक्ष्मीका निवासस्थान-सा प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

atāsīpuṣpavarṇābhaḥ śrīvatsakṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ | sākṣāllakṣmyā ivāvāsaḥ sa tadā pratibhāti me ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Сияние его тела казалось тёмно-синим, как цветок льна. Грудь его была украшена знаком Шриватсы. В тот миг он представился мне самой обителью Лакшми».

Word by Word

अतसीपुष्पवर्णःhaving the color of flax-flowers

भःthe shining one / the radiant (one)

श्रीवत्सकृतभूषणःadorned with an ornament made as the Śrīvatsa-mark

साक्षात्directly, manifestly, as if present

लक्ष्म्याःof Lakṣmī

इवlike, as if

आवासःabode, dwelling-place

सःhe

तदाthen, at that time

प्रतिभातिappears, seems, shines forth

मेto me

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Lakṣmī

Śrīvatsa (mark)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights auspicious divine signs—radiance and the Śrīvatsa mark—as indicators of sacred presence. Ethically, it frames reverent perception: recognizing dharmic auspiciousness and divinity through qualities that inspire humility, devotion, and trust in higher order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a revered figure’s appearance: dark-blue radiance like a flax flower and a chest marked with Śrīvatsa. The narrator’s perception intensifies into a devotional vision, seeing him as the very abode of Lakṣmī.