Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सुखदुःखानि भूतानामजरो जरयत्यसौ । आदित्यो ह्ास्तमभ्येति पुन: पुनरुदेति च,सूर्य प्रतिदिन अस्त होते और फिर उदय होते हैं। वे स्वयं अजर होकर भी प्रतिदिन प्राणियोंके सुख और दुःखको जीर्ण करते रहते हैं

Transliteration

sukhaduḥkhāni bhūtānām ajaro jarayaty asau | ādityo hy astam abhyeti punaḥ punar udeti ca ||

Translation

Narada said: “Though himself undecaying, he causes the joys and sorrows of living beings to wear away. The Sun repeatedly sets and repeatedly rises again.”

Word by Word

सुखदुःखानिpleasures and pains

भूतानाम्of beings

अजरःunaging

जरयतिwears out, makes old (causes to decay)

असौthat (he), that one

आदित्यःthe Sun (Aditya)

हिindeed, for

अस्तम्setting (to the west), sunset

अभ्येतिgoes towards, approaches

पुनःagain

उदेतिrises, comes up

चand

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Aditya (the Sun)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Time, symbolized by the Sun’s daily rising and setting, steadily wears down both pleasure and pain; recognizing this helps cultivate detachment, endurance, and equanimity in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada offers a contemplative observation using the Sun as an example: though the Sun is described as undecaying, his recurring cycles mark time’s passage and thereby ‘age’ or diminish the lived experiences of beings.