Shloka 108

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

तत्र पश्यामि गगन चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्‌ । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभि: पावकार्कसमप्रभम्‌

Transliteration

tatra paśyāmi gaganaṃ candrasūryavirājitam | jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhiḥ pāvakārkasamaprabham ||

Translation

Là, je vis la voûte du ciel, parée de la lune et du soleil—embrasée d’une clarté sans bornes, éclatante d’une splendeur pareille au feu et au soleil.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गगनम्: sky
• गगनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्: adorned by the moon and the sun
• चन्द्रसूर्यविराजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्रसूर्यविराजित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जाज्वल्यमानम्: blazing, flaming
• जाज्वल्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाज्वल्यमान (from धातु: ज्वल्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेजोभिः: with splendors / with radiances
• तेजोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पावकार्कसमप्रभम्: having a luster equal to fire and the sun
• पावकार्कसमप्रभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावकार्कसमप्रभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• gagana (sky/firmament)
• candra (moon)
• sūrya (sun)
• pāvaka (fire/Agni)
• arka (sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse evokes reverence for the cosmic order: the moon and sun illuminate the heavens with a fire-like brilliance, suggesting that human life and dharma unfold under a vast, steady, and awe-inspiring universal framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a striking vision of the sky—resplendent with the moon and sun and blazing with intense radiance—serving as a vivid scene-setting image within the Vana Parva narration.