Shloka 393

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

सहसा दृष्टवन्त: सम पुनरेव बृहस्पते । “बृहस्पते! थोड़ी ही देरमें हमारे सामने एक ही साथ हजारों सूर्योके समान प्रभा प्रकट हुई। हमारी दृष्टि सहसा उस ओर खिंच गयी

Transliteration

sahasā dṛṣṭavantaḥ sma punar eva bṛhaspate | “bṛhaspate! thoḍī hī der meṃ asmākaṃ samakṣaṃ ekaiva sāhasrāṇāṃ sūryāṇāṃ samā prabhā prakaṭābhavat | asmākaṃ dṛṣṭiḥ sahasā tasyaiva diśi ākṛṣṭābhavat”

Translation

Bhishma said: “O Bṛhaspati! In a very short time, right before our eyes, a single radiance appeared—like the brilliance of a thousand suns all at once. Our gaze was suddenly drawn irresistibly toward that direction.”

Word by Word

• सहसा: suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• दृष्टवन्तः: having seen
• दृष्टवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्तवतुँ (past active participle)

• सम्: together/fully (prefix/adverbial particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bṛhaspati
• sūrya (the sun)