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Shloka 107

Devanagari script

विहायसगतिर्ज्योति: सुरुचि तभुग्‌ विभु: । रविर्विरोचन: सूर्य: सविता रविलोचन:

Transliteration

vihāyasagatir jyotiḥ suruciḥ hutabhuk vibhuḥ | ravir virocanaḥ sūryaḥ savitā ravilocanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Er ist der, dessen Bahn durch den Himmel geht, selbstleuchtendes Licht von schöner Strahlkraft; der Verzehrer der Opfergaben (als Feuer), der Allgegenwärtige. Er ist Ravi, die Sonne, die die Essenzen aufsaugt; Virocana, der das Licht auf vielfältige Weise ausbreitet; Sūrya, der den Glanz offenbart; Savitṛ, der kosmische Antreiber und Erzeuger; und der, dessen Augen die Sonne sind.

Word by Word

विहायसगतिःone whose movement is in the sky (sky-goer)

ज्योतिःlight; radiance

सुरुचिःof beautiful splendor/complexion

हुतभुक्eater of oblations (Agni)

विभुःall-pervading; mighty

रविःRavi; the sun

विरोचनःthe radiant one; illuminator

सूर्यःthe sun

सविताSavitar; the impeller/creator (sun as deity)

रविलोचनःhaving the sun as (his) eyes

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Sūrya (Sun)

Savitṛ

Agni (implied by hutabhuk)

Oblations (havis)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches devotion through recognizing the One divine reality in sustaining cosmic functions—light, movement, and nourishment—symbolized by the Sun and Fire. Ethically, it associates dharma with illumination: the divine ‘light’ that reveals truth and supports order in the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting a sequence of divine names/epithets (a stotra-like passage). This verse clusters solar and fiery titles—Sun, Savitṛ, and the consumer of offerings—presenting the deity as the cosmic illuminator and sustainer.