Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्ताद्‌ भुवनं ज्योतिर्भूतमिवाभवत्‌ । अप्रख्यमप्रकाशं च जगामाशु तमस्तथा,तदनन्तर एक ही मुहूर्तमें समस्त संसार ज्योतिर्मय-सा हो गया। अन्धकारका कहीं नाम भी नहीं रह गया। वह अदृश्यभावसे तत्काल कहीं चला गया

Transliteration

tato muhūrtād bhuvanaṃ jyotirbhūtam ivābhavat | aprakhyam aprakāśaṃ ca jagāmāśu tamas tathā ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Alors, en un seul instant, le monde entier sembla devenir lumière. Les ténèbres—désormais imperceptibles partout—s’évanouirent d’un coup, comme si elles s’étaient glissées dans l’invisible.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मुहूर्तात्from/after a moment

भुवनम्the world

ज्योतिःlight

भूतम्become, turned into

इवas if

अभवत्became

अप्रख्यम्unperceivable, not manifest

अप्रकाशम्without light, dark

चand

जगामwent

आशुquickly

तमःdarkness

तथाthus, in that manner

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

bhuvana (the world)

jyotis (light)

tamas (darkness)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sudden reversals that can occur in human experience—darkness and despair are not absolute. In a dharmic frame, it suggests that higher forces (time, destiny, divine ordinance) can swiftly alter the moral and perceptual landscape, urging steadiness amid war’s uncertainty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a striking atmospheric/cosmic change: within a moment the world appears filled with light, and darkness becomes untraceable, as if it has departed invisibly—an omen-like event occurring during the Drona Parva war narrative.