Shloka 15

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

वैखानसा: फेनपेभ्यो धर्म त॑ प्रतिपेदिरे । वैखानसे भ्य: सोमस्तु ततः सोडच्तर्दथे पुन:,फेनपोंसे वैखानसोंने उस धर्मको उपलब्ध किया। उनसे सोमने उसे ग्रहण किया। तदनन्तर वह धर्म फिर लुप्त हो गया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Vaikhānasāḥ Phenapebhyo dharmaṃ taṃ pratipedire | Vaikhānasebhyaḥ Somaḥ tu tataḥ so 'dattārthaṃ punaḥ; tato dharmaḥ punar luptaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The Vaikhānasa sages received that dharma from the Phenapas. Soma, in turn, took it from the Vaikhānasas; thereafter, that dharma once again disappeared.”

Word by Word

वैखानसाःthe Vaikhānasas (a class of sages/ascetics)

फेनपेभ्यःfrom the Phenapas

धर्मम्dharma, the law/duty

तत्that (dharma)

प्रतिपेदिरेobtained, came to possess

वैखानसेभ्यःfrom the Vaikhānasas

सोमःSoma

तुbut/indeed

ततःthereafter, then

सःhe/it (that dharma)

धर्मःdharma

पुनःagain

अन्तर्धेdisappeared, became hidden

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vaikhānasa

Phenapa

Soma

Dharma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes