Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एकततक्ष द्वितश्रैव त्रितश्नादित्यसंनिभा: । सर्वे प्रजापतिसमा: प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च

Transliteration

ekatata-kṣa dvitāś caiva tritāśnāditya-saṁnibhāḥ | sarve prajāpati-samāḥ prajā-vantas tathaiva ca ||

Translation

Ekat, Dvit, and Trit—radiant like the sun. All were comparable to Prajāpati, mighty progenitors, and each likewise was endowed with offspring.

Word by Word

• एकतश्च: on one side
• एकतश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• द्वितश्च: on the second side
• द्वितश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वितस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• त्रितश्च: on the third side
• त्रितश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रितस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• आदित्य-संनिभाः: resembling the sun
• आदित्य-संनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्यसंनिभ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रजापति-समाः: equal to Prajapati
• प्रजापति-समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजापतिसम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रजावन्तः: having offspring
• प्रजावन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजावत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Āditya (the Sun)
• Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the ideal of generative responsibility and creative potency: beings described as radiant and extraordinary are praised not merely for power, but for being ‘like Prajāpati’—figures associated with sustaining life through progeny and orderly creation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a group of extraordinary, sun-bright beings distinguished by having one, two, or three eyes, and characterizing them as progenitor-like (prajāpati-samāḥ) and endowed with offspring (prajā-vantaḥ), highlighting their stature and creative lineage.