Shloka 63
Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)
दुर्दिनाम्भोदसदृशो दीप्ताक्षो वामनाकृति: । दण्डी कमण्डलुधर: श्रीवत्सोरसि भूषित:,“वह वर्षाकालके मेघके समान श्यामवर्णका था। उसके नेत्र देदीप्यमान हो रहे थे। वे वामनाकार, दण्ड और कमण्डलु धारण किये तथा वक्षःस्थलमें श्रीवत्सचिह्लसे विभूषित थे
durdināmbhodasadṛśo dīptākṣo vāmanākṛtiḥ | daṇḍī kamaṇḍaludharaḥ śrīvatsorasi bhūṣitaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Bhīmasena: “Siya’y maitim na gaya ng ulap-ulan sa araw ng bagyo, at ang mga mata’y nagliliyab sa ningning. Bagaman nasa anyong Vāmana—tila isang pandak—dala niya ang tungkod at ang sisidlang tubig, at ang dibdib niya’y pinalamutian ng banal na tanda ng Śrīvatsa.”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights discernment of dharma through outward signs associated with ascetic discipline (staff and water-pot) and inner divinity indicated by auspicious marks like Śrīvatsa—suggesting that true spiritual authority combines restraint with sacred presence.
Bhīma is describing the appearance of a remarkable figure: dark like a monsoon cloud, radiant-eyed, dwarf-formed, carrying ascetic implements, and bearing the Śrīvatsa mark—details that signal the figure’s extraordinary, possibly divine, identity.