Shloka 236

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

सकुण्डलं तदजिनं पपात सहसा तरो: । उन बेलोंकी चोटसे बन्धन टूट गया और कुण्डलसहित वह मृगचर्म सहसा वृक्षसे नीचे जा गिरा

Transliteration

sakuṇḍalaṃ tadajinaṃ papāta sahasā taroḥ |

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“那张系着耳环的鹿皮忽然从树上坠落。藤蔓的冲击之力使系缚断裂，连同所绑之物一并骤然落下——这一突转昭示：外在的束缚在自然突发的力量面前何其脆弱。”

Word by Word

• सकुण्डलम्: with earrings
• सकुण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अजिनम्: hide, animal-skin
• अजिनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• तरोः: from the tree
• तरोः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• tree (taru)
• deerskin (ajina)
• earring (kuṇḍala)
• creepers/vines (implied by the Hindi gloss: belā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the suddenness with which supports and bindings can fail; it subtly points to impermanence and the vulnerability of external safeguards when conditions change unexpectedly.

What is happening in the narrative?

A deerskin (ajina), still bearing an earring (kuṇḍala), breaks free from its fastening and suddenly falls from a tree—an abrupt physical event that advances the episode by revealing or dislodging an important object.