Shloka 37

Devanagari script

यथा हाभ्युदित: सूर्य: प्रतपन्‌ स्वेन तेजसा । व्यपोहति तमस्तीव्रं तथा शत्रून्‌ प्रतापय,'जैसे उदित हुआ सूर्य अपने तेजसे तपकर घोर अन्धकारको नष्ट कर देता है, उसी प्रकार तुम भी शत्रुओंको संतप्त एवं नष्ट करो”

Transliteration

yathā hābhyuditaḥ sūryaḥ pratapan svena tejasā | vyapohati tamas tīvraṃ tathā śatrūn pratāpaya ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Just as the risen sun, blazing with its own radiance, drives away dense darkness, so too do you scorch and dispel your enemies by your might.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

हindeed (emphatic particle)

अभ्युदितःrisen, having risen

सूर्यःthe sun

प्रतपन्heating, blazing

स्वेनwith his/its own

तेजसाby radiance, by brilliance

व्यपोहतिdrives away, removes

तमःdarkness

तीव्रम्intense, fierce

तथाso, in the same way

शत्रून्enemies

प्रतापयtorment, scorch, make suffer

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sūrya (the Sun)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the sun’s natural function—dispelling darkness by its own radiance—as an ethical-heroic model for a warrior: one should act with decisive strength to remove hostile forces, fulfilling one’s martial duty without hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, employs a vivid simile to encourage or characterize the addressee’s martial action: as the sun rises and eliminates darkness, so the warrior is urged to overpower and drive back the enemy ranks.