Shloka 27

Devanagari script

आरिराधयिषुर्देव॑ त्रिदशानां तमीश्वरम्‌ सूर्येण सह धर्मात्मा पर्यतप्पत भारत

Transliteration

ārīrādhayiṣur deva tridāśānāṃ tam īśvaram | sūryeṇa saha dharmātmā paryatappata bhārata ||

Translation

हे भारत! त्रिदशों के उस ईश्वर देव को प्रसन्न करने की इच्छा से धर्मात्मा पाण्डु सूर्य के साथ-साथ तप में दग्ध होता रहा।

Word by Word

आरिराधयिषुःwishing to propitiate

देवO god

त्रिदशानाम्of the thirty (gods)

तम्him

ईश्वरम्the lord

सूर्येणwith/through the Sun

सहtogether with

धर्मात्माthe righteous-souled one

पर्यतपत्performed austerity / was heated (by penance)

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Tridāśa (the Thirty-three gods)

Īśvara (the Lord)

Sūrya

Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas guided by dharma: disciplined austerity and devotion are presented as ethical means to seek divine grace, emphasizing inner righteousness (dharmātmā) rather than mere power-seeking.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a righteous figure, intent on pleasing the Lord of the Thirty-three gods, undertakes intense austerities in association with Sūrya, indicating a deliberate act of worship and self-discipline within the unfolding Adi Parva story.