Shloka 15

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Accession Settlements and Approach to Vāsudeva (युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्यस्थापनं वासुदेवाभिगमनं च)

Devanagari script

कौस्तुभेनोरसिस्थेन मणिनाभिविराजितम्‌ । उद्यतेवोदयं शैलं सूर्येणाभिविराजितम्‌

Transliteration

kaustubhenorasi sthena maṇinābhivirājitam | udyatevodayaṁ śailaṁ sūryeṇābhivirājitam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波衍那说：胸前安置着考斯图婆宝珠（Kaustubha），他光彩夺目；仿佛旭日照亮东方之山。此喻更添神圣威仪与吉祥之感，将光辉呈现为内在卓越与正当王权的标记，而非仅是外在饰物。

Word by Word

• कौस्तुभेन: by/with the Kaustubha (gem)
• कौस्तुभेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौस्तुभ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उरसि: on the chest
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थेन: being situated/placed
• स्थेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मणिना: by the jewel
• मणिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिविराजितम्: made splendid, illumined
• अभिविराजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-राज्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उद्यता: rising
• उद्यता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• उदयम्: the rising (place/direction of sunrise)
• उदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शैलम्: mountain
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सूर्येण: by the sun
• सूर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिविराजितम्: made splendid, illumined
• अभिविराजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-राज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kaustubha jewel
• Sun (Sūrya)
• Udaya mountain / Udayācala (eastern mountain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Radiance and beauty are presented as outward signs of auspicious virtue and rightful greatness: the Kaustubha’s brilliance symbolizes divine legitimacy and inner excellence, not mere luxury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a majestic figure adorned with the Kaustubha jewel on the chest, comparing the resulting splendor to the sunrise lighting up the eastern mountain.