Shloka 5

Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya

Devanagari script

धौग्य उवाच पुरा सृष्टानि भूतानि पीड्यन्ते क्षुधया भृशम्‌ । ततो<नुकम्पया तेषां सविता स्वपिता यथा,धौम्य बोले--राजन्‌! सृष्टिके प्रारम्भकालमें जब सभी प्राणी भूखसे अत्यन्त व्याकुल हो रहे थे, तब भगवान्‌ सूर्यने पिताकी भाँति उन सबपर दया करके उत्तरायणमें जाकर अपनी किरणोंसे पृथ्वीका रस (जल) खींचा और दक्षिणायनमें लौटकर पृथ्वीको उस रससे आविष्ट किया

Transliteration

Dhaumya uvāca: purā sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni pīḍyante kṣudhayā bhṛśam | tato 'nukampayā teṣāṃ savitā sva-pitā yathā |

Translation

Dhaumya said: “In the earliest time, when created beings were severely afflicted by hunger, the Sun, compassionate toward them like a father to his own children, took pity on all.”

Word by Word

धौम्यःDhaumya

उवाचsaid

पुराformerly, in the past

सृष्टानिcreated

भूतानिbeings, creatures

पीड्यन्तेwere afflicted, were tormented

क्षुधयाby hunger

भृशम्excessively, greatly

ततःthen, thereafter

अनुकम्पयाout of compassion

तेषाम्of them

सविताthe Sun (Savitar)

स्वपिताone's own father

यथाas, like

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धौम्य (Dhaumya)

स

सविता / सूर्य (Savitā / Sūrya, the Sun)

भ

भूतानि (living beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes