Shloka 27

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दर्शयामास तदा भगवान्‌ हव्यवाहन: । स्वं रूप॑ दीप्तिमत्‌ कृत्वा शरदर्कसमद्युति:

Transliteration

tān darśayāmāsa tadā bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ | svaṁ rūpaṁ dīptimat kṛtvā śarad-arka-samad-yutiḥ ||

Translation

তেতিয়া ভগৱান হব্যবাহন (অগ্নি) নিজ দীপ্তিমান ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰি, শৰৎকালৰ সূৰ্যৰ দৰে জ্যোতিষ্মান হৈ সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলক দৰ্শন দিলে।

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दर्शयामास: caused (them) to see; showed; granted दर्शन
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाहनः: Havyavāhana (Agni, carrier of oblations)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तिमत्: radiant, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्तिमत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada, with the main verb's subject

• शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥ: whose splendor is like the autumn sun
• शरदर्कसमद्युतिḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरद्-अर्क-सम-द्युति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Havyavāhana (Agni)
• brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When dharma is upheld through sincere, properly performed sacred duty, it gains moral and spiritual efficacy; the divine is portrayed as responding to such integrity by granting confirmation (darśana).

What is happening in the narrative?

Agni (Havyavāhana), taking on a brilliantly radiant form like the autumn sun, appears before the brāhmaṇas and grants them a direct vision of himself.