Shloka 16

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

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

Devanagari script

कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा । दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता,उसके वस्त्र काले और लाल थे। आँखोंके निम्न और आशभ्यन्तर प्रदेश भी काले रंगके ही थे। वह दिव्य कुण्डलोंसे कान्तिमती तथा अलौकिक आभूषणोंसे विभूषित थी

Transliteration

kṛṣṇaraktāmbaradharā kṛṣṇanetratalāntarā | divyakuṇḍalasampannā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

Translation

कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा। दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता॥

Word by Word

कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधराwearing black-and-red garments

कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तराhaving the lower/inner parts of the eyes black

दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्नाendowed with divine earrings

दिव्याभरणभूषिताadorned with divine ornaments

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

a divine woman (unnamed in this verse)

divine earrings (kuṇḍala)

divine ornaments (ābharaṇa)

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 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.