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Shloka 10

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

उदयन नित्यशकश्चात्र चन्द्रमा रश्मिबाहुभि: | अमृतं स्पृश्य संस्पर्शात्‌ संजीवयति देहिन:,वहाँ प्रतिदिन उदय लेनेवाले चन्द्रमा अपनी किरणमयी भुजाओंसे अमृतका स्पर्श कराकर उसके द्वारा यहाँके मरणासन्न जीवोंको जीवन प्रदान करते हैं

udayan nityaśakaś cātra candramā raśmibāhubhiḥ | amṛtaṁ spṛśya saṁsparśāt saṁjīvayati dehinaḥ ||

Nārada sprach: „Hier geht der Mond jeden Tag auf und berührt mit Armen aus Strahlen das amṛta; durch diese Berührung schenkt er den Lebewesen, die dem Tod nahe sind, das Leben zurück.“ Das Bild betont eine dharmische Sicht der kosmischen Ordnung: Himmelsrhythmen sind nicht bloßer Schmuck, sondern erhalten und schützen das verkörperte Leben.

उदयनrising (the act of rising)
उदयन:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउदय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यशःdaily, always
नित्यशः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यशस् (अव्यय)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
चन्द्रमाthe moon
चन्द्रमा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रश्मि-बाहुभिःwith (his) ray-arms
रश्मि-बाहुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अमृतम्nectar, ambrosia
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्पृश्यhaving touched
स्पृश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश् (धातु)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
संस्पर्शात्from contact, by (the) contact
संस्पर्शात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
संजीवयतिrevives, makes live
संजीवयति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + जीव् (धातु)
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
देहिनःembodied beings
देहिनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
C
Candramā (the Moon)
A
Amṛta (nectar)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a dharmic-cosmic ethic: the universe is structured to sustain life. The moon’s regular rising and its life-giving rays symbolize benevolent order, suggesting that rightful rhythms and duties (svadharma/ṛta) nourish and protect beings.

Nārada describes a cosmological process: the moon, rising daily, reaches the nectar (amṛta) with its rays and, through that contact, revitalizes beings who are close to death—an image of celestial support for life in the world.