Shloka 40

Devanagari script

स चन्द्रमा: स चेशान: स सूर्यो वरुणश्न सः । स काल: सोडन्‍्तको मृत्यु: स यमो रात्र्यहानि च,वे ही चन्द्रमा, वे ही ईशान, वे ही सूर्य, वे ही वरुण, वे ही काल, वे ही अन्तक, वे ही मृत्यु, वे ही यम तथा वे ही रात और दिन हैं

Transliteration

sa candramāḥ sa ceśānaḥ sa sūryo varuṇaś ca saḥ | sa kālaḥ so 'ntako mṛtyuḥ sa yamo rātryahānī ca ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva declares the all-pervading Lord’s cosmic identity: He is the Moon and Īśāna, the Sun and Varuṇa; He is Time itself, the Ender and Death; He is Yama, and He is also the alternating rhythm of night and day.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (one)

चन्द्रमाःthe Moon

सःhe/that (one)

चand

ईशानःĪśāna (Shiva/the lord)

सःhe/that (one)

सूर्यःthe Sun

वरुणःVaruṇa

चand

सःhe/that (one)

कालःTime

सःhe/that (one)

अन्तकःAntaka (the ender; Death)

मृत्युःdeath

सःhe/that (one)

यमःYama

रात्रिःnight

अहानिdays

चand

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Candramā (Moon)

Īśāna

Sūrya (Sun)

Varuṇa

Kāla (Time)

Antaka

Mṛtyu (Death)

Yama

Rātri (Night)

Ahāni (Days)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes