Shloka 72

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

तमो ऽभिभूते लोके ऽस्मिन् प्रभा येन प्रवर्तिता स्वस्त्यस्तु हि तवेत्युक्ते पतन्निह दिवाकरः

Transliteration

tamo 'bhibhūte loke 'smin prabhā yena pravartitā svastyastu hi tavetyukte patanniha divākaraḥ

Translation

Als diese Welt von Dunkelheit überwältigt war, setzte er den Glanz in Bewegung. Und als man sprach: „Heil sei dir“, da stieg die Sonne (Divākara) hier herab—gleichsam sich verneigend vor dem höchsten Vertreiber des tamas.

Word by Word

• tamaḥ: darkness/ignorance

• abhibhūte: when overpowered

• loke: in the world

• asmin: in this

• prabhā: radiance/light

• yena: by whom

• pravartitā: was initiated/set in motion

• svasti: well-being/auspiciousness

• astu: may it be

• hi: indeed

• tava: for you/unto you

• iti: thus

• ukte: when said

• patan: descending/falling

• iha: here

• divākaraḥ: the Sun, maker of day

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal scene implies a benedictory utterance addressed to the divine source of light)