Shloka 8

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजे चतुर्वक्त्रे पीनश्रोणिपयोधरे । मयूरपिच्छवलये केयूराजड़रदधारिणि । भासि देवि यथा पद्मा नारायणपरिग्रह:

Transliteration

caturbhuje caturvaktre pīnaśroṇipayodhare | mayūrapicchavalaye keyūrājaṭaraddhāriṇi | bhāsi devi yathā padmā nārāyaṇaparigrahaḥ ||

Translation

اے دیوی، تو چہار بازوؤں والی اور چہار چہروں والی ہے؛ بھرے ہوئے کولہوں اور پستانوں سے آراستہ۔ مور کے پروں کے حلقے سے مزین، بازوبند (کییور) پہنے ہوئے، جٹاؤں کو دھارنے والی—تو نارائن کے آغوش میں کھلے کنول کی طرح درخشاں ہے۔

Word by Word

चतुर्भुजेO four-armed (one)

चतुर्वक्त्रेO four-faced (one)

पीनश्रोणिपयोधरेO (one) with full hips and breasts

मयूरपिच्छवलयेO (one) with a peacock-feather bracelet/garland

केयूराजङ्गदधारिणिO wearer of armlets and bracelets

भासिyou shine

देविO goddess

यथाas, like

पद्माPadmā (Lakṣmī)

नारायणपरिग्रहःwhose consort is Nārāyaṇa / embraced by Nārāyaṇa

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devī

Nārāyaṇa

Padmā (Śrī/Lakṣmī)

mayūrapiccha (peacock-feather ornament)

keyūra (armlets)

jaṭā (matted locks)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a devotional-stylistic praise: it highlights divine splendor and auspicious association with Nārāyaṇa, implying that true radiance and prosperity (Padmā/Śrī) are grounded in dharmic, divine alignment rather than mere external beauty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a description of a goddess-like figure, detailing her iconographic features (four arms, four faces, ornaments, matted locks) and comparing her radiance to Padmā (Śrī/Lakṣmī), explicitly linking her to Nārāyaṇa as his embraced/associated consort.