Shloka 16

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

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

Devanagari script

कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा । दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता

Transliteration

kṛṣṇaraktāmbaradharā kṛṣṇanetratalāntarā | divyakuṇḍalasampannā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

Translation

Wika ni Nārada: “Nakasuot siya ng kasuotang itim at pula. Maging ang ibabang bahagi at panloob na sulok ng kanyang mga mata ay madilim ang kulay. Nagniningning siya sa mga hikaw na makalangit at pinalamutian ng mga alahas na banal.”

Word by Word

• कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा: wearing black-and-red garments
• कृष्णरक्ताम्बरधरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-रक्त-अम्बर-धर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा: having the lower/inner parts of the eyes black
• कृष्णनेत्रतलान्तरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-नेत्र-तल-अन्तर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना: endowed with divine earrings
• दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-कुण्डल-सम्पन्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-आभरण-भूषित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• a divine woman (unnamed in this verse)
• divine earrings (kuṇḍala)
• divine ornaments (ābharaṇa)

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.