Shloka 49
Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya
त्वमादायांशुभिस्तेजो निदाघे सर्वदेहिनाम् । सर्वोौषधिरसानां च पुनर्वर्षासु मुडचसि,आप ग्रीष्म-ऋतुमें अपनी किरणोंसे समस्त देहधारियोंके तेज और सम्पूर्ण ओषधियोंके रसका सार खींचकर पुन: वर्षाकालमें उसे बरसा देते हैं
tvam ādāyāṁśubhis tejo nidāghe sarvadehinām | sarvauṣadhirasānāṁ ca punaḥ varṣāsu muñcasi ||
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «En el ardor del verano extraes, con tus rayos, la energía vital de todos los seres encarnados y la esencia misma de los jugos de todas las hierbas medicinales; y luego, cuando llegan las lluvias, la derramas de nuevo en aguaceros que dan vida. Así sostienes el mundo con contención y restitución: tomas sólo para devolver a su debido tiempo».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the sun’s seasonal cycle—drawing out vitality in summer and returning it as rain—as a model of dharmic governance and ethical conduct: taking should be balanced by timely giving back, and power should sustain life rather than merely consume it.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the sun (directly or as a praised cosmic power), describing how its rays extract the strength of living beings and the essences of herbs in summer, and how that gathered potency is later released in the monsoon as nourishing rain.