Shloka 47

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

ततः समुपविष्टं तत्‌ सुमहद्राजमण्डलम्‌ । विराजमान ददृशे दिवीवादित्यमण्डलम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ samupaviṣṭaṃ tat sumahad rājamaṇḍalam | virājamānaṃ dadṛśe divīvādityamaṇḍalam ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Dann erschien jener gewaltige Kreis der Könige, nachdem sie Platz genommen hatten, in hellem Glanz—wie die Sonnenscheibe am Himmel.“

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• समुपविष्टम्: seated, having sat down
• समुपविष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-√विश् (उपविष्ट) / उपविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• सुमहत्: very great, huge
• सुमहत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत्
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• राज-मण्डलम्: circle/assembly of kings
• राज-मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• विराजमानम्: shining, resplendent
• विराजमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√राज् (विराजमान) / विराजमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• ददृशे: was seen, appeared
• ददृशे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शने) (लिट्/परस्मैपद-आत्मनेपद रूप: ददृशे)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, Atmanepada

• दिवि: in the sky, in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (द्यौः) / दिव्
• Form: Feminine, locative, singular

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• आदित्य-मण्डलम्: the sun-disc, orb of the sun
• आदित्य-मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• assembly of kings (rājamaṇḍala)
• sun orb (ādityamaṇḍala)
• sky (divi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective political authority presents itself as radiant and unified; it implicitly contrasts outward splendor with the inner moral burden of decisions taken in wartime councils.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the kings take their seats, Sañjaya describes the gathered royal assembly as shining brilliantly, comparing it to the sun’s disk in the sky.