Is this 'fair'? - Page 2

Originally posted by: mythili2

Thank you so much varaali fr clearing it.. was nt sure if arjun was dark skinned or no😃

Had read some where tat arjun also means silver. .bt dnt kw if its right..

Originally posted by: varaali

Yes- By extension, 'arjuna' also means silver / silvery colour. SIlver is essentially white, that's why.

I think some people may assume Arjun was of dark complexion:

Nar and Narayan were both of dark complexion. Nar reincarnated as Arjun and Narayan as Krishna.

Perhaps this is why sometimes Arjun may be depicted dark skinned?

I know about Krishna being dark skin...rather many portray him to have very unusual blueish skin...

[Reft of diadem, the dark complexioned and youthful Partha looked beautiful like a blue mountain of lofty summit. Binding then his locks with a white cloth, Arjuna stood perfectly unmoved.] -Vyasa's Mahabharata, Karna Parva.

Ur right...krishna and draupadi was dark skinned!!!

i dont know about arjun

B R Chopra's Krishna was indeed dark - remember Nitish Bharadwaj. Draupadi was also not fair.

Pandu called arjuna krishna as an endearment and krishna-arjuna are reffered as THE TWO KRISHNAS dozens of times but arjuna wasnt as dark as krishna, he is decribed to have a very unique skin color.
and they could have looked for another krishna but SRJ has made his place by playing vishnu in DKDM& JSK and also ram in the former.He would have been the first choice regardless of his skin color and shaheer is tan enough to not be called fair.