Shloka 3
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
संज्ञा च रविणा दृष्टा निमीलयति लोचने ।
यतस्ततः सरोषोऽर्कः संज्ञां निष्ठुरमब्रवीत् ॥
saṃjñā ca raviṇā dṛṣṭā nimīlayati locane / yatas tataḥ saroṣo 'rkaḥ saṃjñāṃ niṣṭhuram abravīt
Et Saṃjñā, sous le regard de Ravi (le Soleil), ferma les yeux ; dès lors Arka (le Soleil), irrité, adressa à Saṃjñā des paroles dures.
FAQs
The episode portrays the challenge of bearing intense brilliance: relationships require appropriate measure and accommodation; harshness arises when capacity and demand are mismatched.
Vaṃśānucarita: narrative details around progenitors in the Solar line that will produce Vaivasvata Manu.
Saṃjñā shutting her eyes before the Sun can symbolize the jīva’s inability to face unmediated truth; the Sun’s ‘harsh speech’ reflects the purifying, uncompromising nature of illumination.