Shloka 131
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
सूर्यस्ताराधिपो वायुरग्निर्वरुण एव च । आकाशं जगती चैव ये च शेषा दिवौकस:
sūryas tārādhipo vāyur agnir varuṇa eva ca | ākāśaṃ jagatī caiva ye ca śeṣā divaukasaḥ ||
Janamejaya said: “The Sun, the lord of the stars (the Moon), the Wind, Fire, and Varuṇa; the Sky and the Earth as well—and all the remaining dwellers of heaven.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as an enumeration of cosmic powers and celestial beings, implying that dharma and worldly events are situated within a larger, ordered universe overseen by deities and elemental principles.
Janamejaya is listing प्रमुख दिव्य तत्त्व and devas—Sun, Moon, Wind, Fire, Varuṇa, Sky, Earth, and other celestials—likely as part of a broader inquiry or description that invokes the cosmic witnesses or constituents of the world.