Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा भगवान्‌ देवो भानु: स्वभनुसूदन: । उवाच त॑ तथेत्येव कर्ण सूर्य: स्मयन्निव,राहुका संहार करनेवाले भगवान्‌ सूर्यदेवने यह सब सुनकर कर्णसे मुसकराते हुए-से कहा--“तुमने जो कुछ देखा है, वह सब ठीक है”

Transliteration

tac chrutvā bhagavān devo bhānuḥ svabhānusūdanaḥ | uvāca taṁ tathety eva karṇa sūryaḥ smayann iva ||

Translation

Als er all dies vernommen hatte, wandte sich der selige Gott Bhānu—die Sonne, der Bezwinger des (Dämons) Svarbhānu—mit einem leisen, wissenden Lächeln an Karṇa und sprach: „So sei es; was du erkannt hast, ist in der Tat richtig.“

Word by Word

तत्that (thing)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

भगवान्the blessed lord

देवःthe god

भानुःBhānu (the Sun)

स्वभानुसूदनःslayer of (his) own Bhānu (i.e., of his own radiance/brightness)

उवाचsaid

तम्to him

तथाso, thus

इतिthus (quotative)

एवindeed, just

कर्णम्Karna

सूर्यःthe Sun (god)

स्मयन्smiling

इवas if

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūrya (Bhānu)

Karṇa

Svarbhānu (Rāhu, by epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine speech here functions as confirmation: the deity validates the hero’s understanding and steadies his resolve. Ethically, it highlights how perceived truth and inner conviction are strengthened when aligned with a higher, cosmic order (ṛta/dharma), even amid looming conflict and fate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Sūrya, hearing what Karṇa has said or reported, responds approvingly—‘So be it; it is exactly so’—and does so with a slight smile, signaling reassurance and consent.