तमालोक्य घनश्यामं पीतकौशेयवाससम् । श्रीवत्सवक्षसं भ्राजत्कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् ॥ २३ ॥ चतुर्भुजं रोचमानं वैजयन्त्या च मालया । चारुप्रसन्नवदनं स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् ॥ २४ ॥ प्रेक्षणीयं नृलोकस्य सानुरागस्मितेक्षणम् । अपीव्यवयसं मत्तमृगेन्द्रोदारविक्रमम् ॥ २५ ॥ पर्यपृच्छन्महाबुद्धिस्तेजसा तस्य धर्षित: । शङ्कित: शनकै राजा दुर्धर्षमिव तेजसा ॥ २६ ॥
tam ālokya ghana-śyāmaṁ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam śrīvatsa-vakṣasaṁ bhrājat kaustubhena virājitam catur-bhujaṁ rocamānaṁ vaijayantyā ca mālayā cāru-prasanna-vadanaṁ sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalam prekṣaṇīyaṁ nṛ-lokasya sānurāga-smitekṣaṇam apīvya-vayasaṁ matta- mṛgendrodāra-vikramam paryapṛcchan mahā-buddhis tejasā tasya dharṣitaḥ śaṅkitaḥ śanakai rājā durdharṣam iva tejasā
- tam
- Him
- ālokya
- looking upon
- ghana
- like a cloud
- śyāmam
- dark blue
- pīta
- yellow
- kauśeya
- silk
- vāsasam
- whose garment
- śrīvatsa
- the Śrīvatsa mark
- vakṣasam
- on whose chest
- bhrājat
- brilliant
- kaustubhena
- with the Kaustubha gem
- virājitam
- glowing
- catuḥ-bhujam
- four-armed
- rocamānam
- beautified
- vaijayantyā
- named Vaijayantī
- ca
- and
- mālayā
- by the flower garland
- cāru
- attractive
- prasanna
- and calm
- vadanam
- whose face
- sphurat
- glittering
- makara
- shaped like sharks
- kuṇḍalam
- whose earrings
- prekṣaṇīyam
- attracting the eyes
- nṛ-lokasya
- of mankind
- sa
- with
- anurāga
- affection
- smita
- smiling
- īkṣaṇam
- whose eyes or glance
- apīvya
- handsome
- vayasam
- whose youthful form
- matta
- angered
- mṛga-indra
- like a lion
- udāra
- noble
- vikramam
- whose walking
- parya-pṛcchat
- he questioned
- mahā-buddhiḥ
- having great intelligence
- tejasā
- by the effulgence
- tasya
- His
- dharṣitaḥ
- overwhelmed
- śaṅkitaḥ
- having doubt
- śanakaiḥ
- slowly
- rājā
- the King
- durdharṣam
- unassailable
- iva
- indeed
- tejasā
- with His effulgence
As he gazed at the Lord, King Mucukunda saw that He was dark blue like a cloud, had four arms, and wore a yellow silk garment. On His chest He bore the Śrīvatsa mark and on His neck the brilliantly glowing Kaustubha gem. Adorned with a Vaijayantī garland, the Lord displayed His handsome, peaceful face, which attracts the eyes of all mankind with its shark-shaped earrings and affectionately smiling glance. The beauty of His youthful form was unexcelled, and He moved with the nobility of an angry lion. The highly intelligent King was overwhelmed by the Lord’s effulgence, which showed Him to be invincible. Expressing his uncertainty, Mucukunda hesitantly questioned Lord Kṛṣṇa as follows.