Shloka 47
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
दूरात् प्रतिहतो यस्मिन्नेकरश्मिर्दिवाकर: । योनिरंशुसहस्रस्थ येन भाति वसुन्धरा
dūrāt pratihato yasminn eka-raśmir divākaraḥ | yoniḥ aṃśu-sahasrasthaḥ yena bhāti vasundharā ||
जिसके द्वारा दूर से ही प्रतिहत होकर सहस्र किरणों का उद्गम सूर्य एक किरण-सा प्रतीत होता है, और जिसके प्रभाव से यह वसुन्धरा प्रकाशित होती है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Visible splendor (like sunlight) depends on subtle, regulating forces (here, a form of wind) that uphold cosmic order; the verse points to disciplined, law-governed principles as the basis of stability and illumination in the world.
In Bhishma’s discourse, a particular wind-principle is being characterized through its cosmic effects: it checks the sun’s many rays so that the sun appears one-rayed from afar, and through it the earth is illuminated.