Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्ताद्‌ भगवान्‌ पुरस्ताच्छशलक्षण: । अरुणं दर्शयामास ग्रसन्‌ ज्योति:प्रभा: प्रभु:,उस समय दो घड़ीके बाद शशचिह्नसे सुशोभित प्रभावशाली भगवान्‌ चन्द्रमाने अपनी ज्योत्स्नासे नक्षत्रोंकी प्रभाको क्षीण करते हुए पहले अरुण कान्तिका दर्शन कराया

Transliteration

tato muhūrtād bhagavān purastāc chaśalakṣaṇaḥ | aruṇaṃ darśayāmāsa grasan jyotiḥprabhāḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Puis, après un court moment, la puissante Lune—marquée de l’emblème du lièvre—s’éleva dans le ciel de l’orient. En répandant sa pâle clarté, elle semblait engloutir l’éclat des étoiles et, en avant, elle révélait la lueur rougeâtre de l’aube.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मुहूर्तात्after a muhūrta (a short time)

भगवान्the blessed lord

पुरस्तात्in front; in the east; beforehand

शश-लक्षणःhaving the hare-mark (moon-marked)

अरुणम्Aruna (the dawn/red glow; also the charioteer of the Sun)

दर्शयामासshowed; caused to be seen

ग्रसन्devouring; eclipsing

ज्योतिः-प्रभाःthe light-splendours (radiances)

प्रभुःthe lord; the powerful one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Candra (the Moon)

śaśa-lakṣaṇa (hare-mark on the Moon)

aruṇa (reddish dawn-glow)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the chaos of battle, the world moves under a larger cosmic rhythm: night yields to dawn, and human action remains framed by time and order. The imagery subtly urges awareness of limits, consequence, and the inevitability of change.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a shift in the sky: after some time the Moon rises, its light dimming the stars, and the reddish hue of approaching dawn becomes visible—signaling the passage of the night during the war narrative.