Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पुरा मध्याह्नलसमये लोकांस्तपति भास्करे | प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाश: सर्वतः समदृश्यत

Transliteration

purā madhyāhna-lasamaye lokāṁs tapati bhāskare | pratyāditya-pratīkāśaḥ sarvataḥ samadṛśyata ||

Translation

Autrefois, lorsque le Soleil accablait les mondes à l’heure languissante de midi, apparut un être resplendissant—pareil à un second soleil—visible de toutes parts avec une clarté égale.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• मध्याह्नलसमये: at the time of midday-heat
• मध्याह्नलसमये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्नलसमय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds, beings/regions
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तपति: heats, scorches
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भास्करे: when the Sun (Bhāskara) [was shining]
• भास्करे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाशः: having the appearance like a second sun
• प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यादित्यप्रतीकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• समदृश्यत: was seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (speaker)
• Bhāskara (the Sun)
• lokāḥ (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse signals that true potency—often linked with dharma and tapas—manifests as an unmistakable, universally perceptible radiance, suggesting moral/spiritual excellence that does not depend on violence or domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nāga describes a past event: at the height of midday heat, while the Sun blazed over the worlds, an extraordinary luminous person appeared, shining like another sun and visible from every direction.