Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

महेन्द्रस्यापि नेत्राणां पृष्ठत: पार्श्वतो5ग्रत: । रक्तान्तानां विशालानां सहस्न॑ सर्वतो5भवत्‌,इसी प्रकार इन्द्रके भी आगे, पीछे और पार्श्च-भागमें सब ओर लाल कोनेवाले सहस्रों विशाल नेत्र प्रकट हो गये

Transliteration

mahendrasyāpi netrāṇāṁ pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvato 'grataḥ | raktāntānāṁ viśālānāṁ sahasraṁ sarvato 'bhavat ||

Translation

Wika ni Nārada: Maging kay Mahendra (Indra), mula sa likod, sa magkabilang tagiliran, at sa harapan, sa lahat ng dako ay lumitaw ang sanlibong malalaking mata na may mapupulang sulok.

Word by Word

महेन्द्रस्यof Mahendra (Indra)

अपिalso/even

नेत्राणाम्of (his) eyes

पृष्ठतःfrom behind/behind

पार्श्वतःfrom the sides/on the sides

अग्रतःin front/from the front

रक्तान्तानाम्of those having red corners/ends

विशालानाम्of the large/huge (ones)

सहस्रम्a thousand

सर्वतःon all sides/everywhere

अभवत्became/appeared/arose

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Mahendra (Indra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 the ethical idea that actions and moral lapses can lead to visible consequences, even for the powerful; divine or cosmic order can mark and reveal accountability through symbolic transformation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a miraculous change in Indra: thousands of large, red-cornered eyes appear all over his body—front, sides, and back—signaling a supernatural manifestation tied to the surrounding episode.