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
અને સંજ્ઞા, રવિ (સૂર્ય) દ્વારા જોવાતાં આંખો મીંચી ગઈ; તેથી અર્ક (સૂર્ય) ક્રોધિત થઈ સંજ્ઞાને કઠોર વચન બોલ્યો.
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.