Shloka 5

अघोरस्य प्रादुर्भावः कुमारकचतुष्टयं च योगमार्गः

Devanagari script

कृष्णांबरधरोष्णीषं कृष्णयज्ञोपवीतिनम् कृष्णेन मौलिना युक्तं कृष्णस्रगनुलेपनम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇāṃbaradharoṣṇīṣaṃ kṛṣṇayajñopavītinam kṛṣṇena maulinā yuktaṃ kṛṣṇasraganulepanam

Translation

அவன் கருநிற ஆடை, கருநிற உஷ்ணீஷம் அணிந்து, கருநிற யஜ்ஞோபவீதம் தரித்து; கருநிற மௌலி, கருநிற மாலை, கருநிற அனுலேபனத்தால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்டான்।

Word by Word

• कृष्ण-आम्बर-धर: wearing dark/black garments

• उष्णीष: turban/head-wrap

• कृष्ण-यज्ञोपवीतिन्: one who wears a dark sacred thread

• कृष्णेन: with dark/black (adornment)

• मौलि: head-crest/topknot/crown

• युक्त: endowed/adorned with

• कृष्ण-स्रक्: dark garland

• अनुलेपन: unguent/smearing/fragrant paste

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)