Shloka 52

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

इक्ष्वाकुणा च कथितो व्याप्य लोकानवस्थित: । गमिष्यति क्षयान्ते च पुनर्नारायणं नूप

Transliteration

ikṣvākuṇā ca kathito vyāpya lokān avasthitaḥ | gamiṣyati kṣayānte ca punar nārāyaṇaṃ nūpa ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Auch Ikṣvāku sprach von Ihm; die Welten durchdringend, bleibt Er fest gegründet. Und am Ende der Auflösung wird Er wieder zu Nārāyaṇa zurückkehren, o König.“

Word by Word

इक्ष्वाकुणाby Ikṣvāku

चand

कथितःtold/declared

व्याप्यhaving pervaded

लोकान्worlds

अवस्थितःstanding/abiding

गमिष्यतिwill go

क्षयान्तेat the end of destruction

चand

पुनःagain

नारायणम्Nārāyaṇa

नnot

उपnear/towards (particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ikṣvāku

Nārāyaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames worldly manifestation as temporary: a being (or principle) may pervade and sustain the worlds, yet at cosmic dissolution it returns to Nārāyaṇa. Ethically, it points to the supremacy of the divine source and the impermanence of all created states.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a doctrinal narration, citing Ikṣvāku’s account as authority. He states that the described entity abides while pervading the worlds, and at the end of cosmic destruction it goes back again to Nārāyaṇa, addressing the kingly listener.