Shloka 32

Jarītā-Śārṅgaka-saṃvādaḥ — The Dialogue of Jaritā and the Śārṅgaka Chicks

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Devanagari script

तरुणादित्यसंकाशश्वीरवासा जटाधर: । पद्मपत्रानन: पिड्ुस्तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव

Transliteration

taruṇādityasaṅkāśaś cīravāsā jaṭādharaḥ | padmapatrānanaḥ piṅgus tejasā prajvalann iva ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：他灿然如清晨初升的太阳；身披树皮衣，头戴结发（阇吒）。其面容如莲瓣般明净；肤色黄褐，带着苦行的光辉，仿佛以内在的灵力而燃烧。

Word by Word

• तरुण: young
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आदित्य: sun
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संकाशः: resembling, like
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरवासा: wearing bark/cloth garments (as a hero/ascetic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीरवासा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जटाधरः: bearing matted locks
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जटाधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पद्मपत्र: lotus-leaf
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मपत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आननः: face
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिङ्गुः: tawny, reddish-brown
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिङ्गु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेजसा: by/with radiance
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रज्वलन्: blazing, flaming
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+ज्वल्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Āditya (the Sun)
• cīra (bark-garment)
• jaṭā (matted locks)
• padma (lotus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal that true authority and nobility can manifest through tapas (discipline) and tejas (inner radiance), not through ornaments or power. Ascetic markers—bark-garments and matted locks—signal self-restraint and dharmic resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the striking appearance of a figure who arrives or is seen: sunlike in brilliance, dressed as an ascetic, lotus-faced, and seemingly blazing with spiritual energy—setting a tone of reverence and significance for the ensuing episode.