Shloka 48

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकानग्ने: सोमस्य चाप्युत । अंशवो यत्‌ प्रकाशन्ते ममैते केशसंज्ञिता:

Transliteration

sūryasya tapato lokān agneḥ somasya cāpy uta | aṃśavo yat prakāśante mamaite keśasaṃjñitāḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “From the blazing Sun that heats the worlds, from Fire, and also from the Moon—those rays that shine forth: are these, in truth, called ‘my hairs’?”

Word by Word

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तपतः: of (him) shining/heating
• तपतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अग्नेः: of Fire
• अग्नेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सोमस्य: of Soma / the Moon
• सोमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उत: and / moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अंशवः: rays
• अंशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रकाशन्ते: shine forth / are manifest
• Type: Verb
• Root: काश् (प्रकाशते)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• मम: my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केश-संज्ञिताः: called 'hairs' (i.e., named as hairs)
• केश-संज्ञिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केशसंज्ञित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Agni (Fire)
• Soma (Moon)